Educational technology is a means to enrich the learning experience. To that end, digital classrooms make use of advanced technological learning aids (such as interactive whiteboards and 3D printing) to boost student interactivity and to enhance knowledge retention. As a result, educational institutions have increased their budgets to include more collaboration, assessment, and enterprise resource planning systems in their delivery methods. Standardization of curricula across regions along with increased Internet and broadband penetration are also propelling market growth. Many educational technology vendors have emerged to bolster the teaching and learning experience through their hardware and software solutions. We note that companies in this market have overcome complex regulatory hurdles (across geographies) to expand their market shares.

Cloud computing is the use of computing resources where systems are connected by public or private networks to offer scalable infrastructure for applications and file storage. It offers a pool of resources that includes data storage, specified applications, and networks and computer processing power. Across regions, governments and private organizations are accelerating education digitization through various monetary and non-monetary initiatives. In an attempt to ensure equality in education and improve the quality of learning content, educational institutions have begun to implement services such as cloud computing and LMS. Within the education ecosystem, cloud computing helps students, faculty, and education organizations to use software and hardware managed by third-party service providers. Cloud computing can play a significant role in improving the quality of delivering higher education without compromising on the regulated and restricted learning environment.

Visual analytics is an emerging field of analytics that involves the use of visualization, data mining, and statistics to handle massive volumes of data. This is done with the help of human judgement by means of visual representations and interaction techniques. In visual analytics, instead of limiting the analysis to predefined metrics to examine data and study relations between parameters, data analysts are increasingly incorporating analytical reasoning and advanced computation with data visualization. business intelligence tools employ data in tabular forms. Whereas, visual analytics applies tools and practices, which make it easier for non-technical users to interact with the data through visual representations. It enables users to engage in analytical processes through visual representations, which are supported by computer graphics engines with integrated in-memory storage of data. This process facilitates rapid updates of multiple visualizations.

1、STEAM 教育来源于美国。美国率先提出STEAM 教育理念，近年来不断出政策支持STEAM 教育推广，STEAM 教育得到广泛认可。2、STEAM 教育落地中国，前景光明。2015 年以来，我国政府相继出台文件，支持STEAM 教育发展，政策暖风频吹。

国务院取消影视演员资格证，打破传统思维不再“纸上谈兵”；行业协会打击电视剧收视率造假：制片方购买收视率每集达 50 万；文化部：网络直播平台须有许可证 主播要实名；视频行业BAT份额超过50％； 三部委下发广电系整合意见关注其投资受益方；多层资本市场文化板块扩大，1400 家文化企业发力股权融资； 工夫、华谊、网易影业联手《阴阳师》将拍影视剧；广电总局：微博微信等社交应用传播视听节目应取得许可证；梦想直播与掌阅科技达成战略合作将在明年共同孵化百部优质 IP。

2015年，中国教育行业IT应用总体投资规模达到1008.2亿元，同比2014年增长18.6%。在国家政策扶持和企业加大投入的带动下，增速稳中有升。

《2015－2016年中国移动教育市场竞争分析》研究的是互联网教育领域内的移动互联网教育市场，主要关注移动端教育类APP及归属企业的市场运营情况及数据分析。 

少儿英语，即针对年龄在2-15周岁的少年儿童所开展的英语学习正在越来越多地受到家长们的重视。相比于应试为目的的英语学习，英语语言的实际运用能力已经变得更受家长重视，这反映出家长们对语言学习的观念正在进步。从市场上看，英语语言学习的需求呈现出低龄化的趋势。在线教育的形式也逐渐趋于成熟多样，从传统的线下一对一家教、一对多课堂再到线上的在线语言教育，线上下线相结合等多种教育形式丰富多样。

1980年至2015年的35年间，中国GDP实现了12.2%的年复合增长，通常被认为中国的经济奇迹；1955年至1985年的30年间，日本GDP实现了14.6%的年复合增长，通常被认为东亚奇迹。中国经济不比日本奇迹太多，日本的底子更好，经济增速更快。以世界银行的购买力平价美元计算， 2015年中国人均GDP为1.4万美元，正好与1986年日本人均GDP的1.4万美元重合。中国现在可比日本1980年代中期。