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7 Essential Lessons for EdTech Developers: EdTech Week 2025 Takeaways

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From relationships to innovation, here’s what matters most in 2025 and beyond Walking through Columbia University during EdTech Week 2025, surrounded by innovators, educators, investors, and thought leaders, one truth became inescapable: the EdTech landscape has matured. The lessons shared weren’t about shortcuts or growth hacks—they were about building sustainable, impactful companies that genuinely serve

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Hands-on Science Makes a Difference

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The latest results from the Nation’s Report Card shows that 8th grade students have fewer opportunities to practice scientific inquiry activities in the classroom. In 2024, that has translated to lower science achievement and lower rates of enjoying science compared to 2019. Only 31% of 8th graders were proficient in science and even fewer were

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Usability Testing for Impact: How Caribbean-American Educators Shaped Our Digital Platform Design 

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Building culturally responsive technology requires authentic community input. Here’s what we learned from our comprehensive UX testing with Caribbean-American educators.  In a project designed to create culturally responsive evidence-based sexual health education for Caribbean youth in the U.S., dfusion has reimagined how to bridge the successful FOY-C program implemented in Caribbean schools and the unique

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Building Better Support: How Stakeholder Research Shapes SkillFlix’s Autism-Informed Substance Use Treatment Resources 

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At dfusion, we believe that truly effective training resources can only emerge from authentic collaboration . That’s why formative research with stakeholders sits at the heart of our SkillFlix approach—particularly when developing video libraries for complex, underserved populations like autistic individuals seeking treatment for substance use.  The Foundation: Listen FirstWhen we set out to create

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The Power of Co-Creating with Autistic Young Adults 

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dfusion is thrilled to share our latest published research article: “Designing and Pilot Testing SkillFlix for Autistic Young Adults: A Communication and Healthy Relationship Skills Video Library” – now published in Autism in Adulthood!  Working closely with autistic young adults and autism experts, we developed and tested SkillFlix AYA – a video library of 20

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Learnings about Black and Latina Women Owned Small Businesses

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dfusion was honored to be chosen to provide research to the National Women’s Business Council. The National Women’s Business Council is a non-partisan federal advisory committee serving as an independent source of advice and policy recommendations to the President, the U.S. Congress, and to the Administrator of the U.S. Small Business Administration on issues of

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Research Learnings on Recruitment Strategies for dfusion’s SkillFlix Study for Parents of Youth on the Autism Spectrum

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Listen to the project team of SkillFlix for Parents of Youth on the Autism Spectrum talk about the recruitment process for parent-child dyads, including how they avoid scammers and guide participants through the 6-month research study using innovative technology. https://vimeo.com/1000466832/e5087f61dd?share=copy If you’re a parent or guardian of an autistic teen or young adult, click here

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