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In January of 2010, Apple released the iPad in which teachers and professors started to incorporate it in their classrooms for interactive learning.
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In 2011, Google released the Chromebook, which became popular due to its affordability and its compatibility with google apps.
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In 2012, Harvard and MIT launched edX, which was a program that delivered free university online courses globally.
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Canvas became very popular in classrooms around this time, as it grew the most in this year. Canvas by this time had over 9 million users. Moodle was also becoming more popular around this time as well.
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Google Classroom quickly became popular amongst teachers and scholars. It was designed to reduce paperwork and give teachers streamline communication with their students.
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The Every Student Succeeds Act was passed in 2015. It was an Act that was created to fund public schools and universities for digital learning and ed-tech technology.
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Virtual reality tools became useful in classrooms and online learning. ClassVR was an example of this as it was interactive learning through immersive tech.
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Although Honorlock was released in 2014, it became widespread in 2018 over the nation. By 2018, Honorlock was implemented in various online courses at schools and universities across the globe.
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By 2019, Edtech began to embrace adaptive AI, learning analytics, and big data to improve student learning. AR/VR also became more mainstream in education along with AI.
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With COVID-19 shutting down schools across the globe, it forced schools to adapt Zoom, Google Meet, and other remote platforms rapidly.