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What’s Happening to Chinese Edtech? The Online Teaching Ban, Metaverse Hype and More |
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Gavin Newton-Tanzer David Weeks
China’s sweeping regulation of the online tutoring industry caught the attention of observers around the world in mid-2021. Later in 2021, tech companies in and out of education piled into the metaverse at the end of the year, with a 10x increase in patent applications for names about VR/AR/XR and the metaverse. Chinese public education investment in VR is up to around $158 million. In this session, we unpack how China’s new regulations have changed its domestic edtech industry after a year, and we explore lessons and takeaways from the Chinese experience in implementing VR in classrooms.
| Audience: | Chief technology officers/superintendents/school board members, Technology coordinators/facilitators, Curriculum/district specialists |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Topic: | Global collaboration |
| Grade level: | PK-12 |
| Subject area: | Career and technical education, STEM/STEAM |
| ISTE Standards: | For Students: Knowledge Constructor
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-Identify medium-term impact of Chinese government policy (the "Double Reduction" policy) on EdTech in China one year after adoption.
-Define the new regulatory environment present for global edtech companies interested in operating in China
-Share and apply interesting use cases of VR/AR/XR from Chinese public school adoption patterns and deployments in classrooms.
Introduction of “double reduction” policy and the pre-2021 private edtech landscape in China. [10 mins]
Identify primary and secondary effects of Chinese government regulation on edtech from 2021 and apparent effects after one year, Concerns and considerations in entering China as a foreign entity, either as part of a partnership with a full local presence [5 mins]
State of VR and AR adoption in Chinese public education [10 minutes]
Portable lessons and case studies in classroom VR in China [5 minutes]
Q&A [5 minutes]
https://www.sunrisecbs.com/blog/what-do-china-s-new-private-education-policies-mean-for-global-edtech
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2022/01/11/china-online-ed-stocks-fizzled-so-is-edtech-market-dead/?sh=1b74b5ea4396
https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinion/article/3160672/how-metaverse-can-help-students-and-teachers-adapt-post-pandemic
Gavin Newton-Tanzer is the co-founder of Campus360, by Sunrise. He has advised on the creation of VR tours for more than 50 universities at Campus 360, a free platform for universities to share their virtual campus tours. He serves as a director of the Augmented World Expo, the worlds premier XR association as well as the local organizer of the AWE Asia, one of the region’s largest VR/AR conferences.
David Weeks is the Co-Founder and COO of Sunrise International, a research and marketing firm specializing in higher education, EdTech, and VR/AR/XR. Sunrise's team of 100 colleagues in Beijing assists several hundred client universities and EdTech companies with marketing, local media production, and event support in China. Sunrise is the international marketing partner for GET and one of ISTE’s partners in China. At Sunrise, David directs Sunrise’s research, client success, and product teams. He has previously presented at ISTE, GET, GMAC, NAFSA, AIRC, WIEC, and International ACAC. He graduated from Swarthmore College in 2010 and speaks Mandarin.
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