EdBizWatch

Interview with Vibhu Mittal and Michael Horn

Edmodo's CEO & the ExDir of Education at Clayton Christensen Institute talk online ed tools.

Global Search for Education: Online Education Tools, Cathy Rubin, Huffington Post

Hunting for Hidden Summer Treasure With Brain Chase

Founders raised $500K in 2014 to introduce the game & raised $1.6M last fall for mkting.

Hunting for Hidden Summer Treasure and Lessons With Brain Chase, Sarah Max, NYT

The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education'

For a century this argument has been a rationale for new education technology.

The Invented History of 'The Factory Model of Education,' Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Online Learning Growth Slows, But Don't Miss the Big Picture

Disruption may take longer than forecasted.

Rpt Saying Online Learning Growth Is Slowing Misses Big Picture, Michael Horn, Forbes

Why Obama’s Higher Ed Ratings are Struggling

The political and technical challenges were predictable ahead of time.

Why Obama’s Higher Ed Ratings are Struggling, Michael Horn, Christensen Institute

Who's Investing in Ed-Tech? (2015)

The activity of investors doesn't necessarily reflect their influence in dictating the direction of education or ed-tech.

Who's Investing in Ed-Tech? (2015), Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014: Buzzwords

"Disruption" remains one of the buzziest buzzwords in ed tech, alongside its partner word “innovation.”

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2014: Buzzwords, Audrey Watters, Hack Education

Interview: Clay Christensen Defends His 'Disruption' Theory

He predicts that half of universities will go bankrupt in the next 15 years.

Clay Christensen Defends His 'Disruption' Theory, Henry Blodget, Business Insider

Christensen’s Theories Great for Entrepreneurs, Not Execs

What degree are Christensen’s enormously influential propositions reliable?

Christensen’s Theories Great for Entrepreneurs, Not Execs, Bhide & Ghemawat, Quartz

Higher Ed Can Learn from the Death of Independent Bookstores

Christensen predicted the bottom 25% of every tier of US colleges will disappear or merge in the next 10 or so years.

Higher Ed Can Learn from the Death of Independent Bookstores, Tim Moore, Evolllution

Hire Education: Mastery, Modularization, & the Workforce Revolution

Who will attend to the skills gap and create stronger linkages to the workforce?

Hire Education, Michelle Weise & Clayton Christensen, Clayton Christensen Institutue 

Disruptive Innovation And Education

Disrupting K–12 is impossible because there's no nonconsumption of education in the US, but helping schools use disruptive innovation to disrupt the classroom is possible.

Disruptive Innovation And Education, Michael Horn, Forbes

Harvard’s Silly and Dreary Innovation Debate

2 Harvard professors are engaged in an intellectual food fight over “disruptive innovation.” 

Harvard’s Silly and Dreary Innovation Debate, Robert J Samuelson, Washington Post

Let’s All Stop Saying ‘Disrupt’ Right This Instant

Every industry has its buzzwords. But "disrupt" is entering a league of its own. 

Let’s All Stop Saying ‘Disrupt’ Right This Instant, Kevin Roose, New York Magazine

Christensen Responds to Takedown of 'Disruptive Innovation'

...mean is fine, but in order to discredit me, Jill had to break all of the rules of scholarship that she accused me of breaking...

Christensen Responds to Takedown of 'Disruptive Innovation,' Drake Bennett, BW

The New Yorker Thinks Disruptive Innovation Is a Myth

A cut-rate summary of Lepore's long, expensive, high-quality story on Clayton Christensen.

The New Yorker Thinks Disruptive Innovation Is a Myth, Will Oremus, Slate

What the Gospel of Innovation Gets Wrong

Advocates of disruption have an affinity for circular arguments.

The Disruption Machine, Jill Lepore, The New Yorker

Business School, Disrupted

Should Harvard Business School enter the business of online ed, and, if so, how?

Business School, Disrupted, Jerry Useem, New York Times

Clayton Christensen: Capitalists Uninterested in Capitalism

5 yrs after the recession is over and interest rates remain low, why are companies sitting on massive troves of cash & why is the economy slogging along?

‘Capitalists Seem Uninterested in Capitalism’, Adam Vaccaro, Boston.com

Why VCs Usually Get Ed Tech Wrong

A big part of the problem is the Valley’s obsession with disruption.

Why VCs Usually Get Ed Tech Wrong, Michael Feldstein, eLiterate