
Ryan Lufkin
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Live at EDUCAUSE 2026: Inside the EdTech Top 40 with Ryan Lufkin
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Ryan LufkinGUEST
Yeah, I think one of the things that we've seen is, is, you know, there isn't one education technology to rule them all, right? And that's one of the things that, one of the reasons that Canvas has grown like it has is because it is this open architecture with, you know, this really deep LTI integration framework and a lot of open APIs as well.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
And, and the goal there is to allow schools to create that edtech ecosystem that, that they want to build that meets their needs.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
The, the challenge with that is making sure that we're focusing on that end user experience, right? And that's one of those, it's, it's funny because people will be like, "Well, we don't need an LMS anymore.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
We could vibe code our LMS," and you're like, "Okay, you've got a lot to learn about privacy, security, and accessibility, right, before, before we start going down that path." And so what we're seeing now, and the data, the, from the report kind of shows this, how does the, the, the LMS has become the, the, uh, framework that all of these different innovations can happen within, right? You can manage all of those guardrails for accessibility and, and security and privacy, while also creating spaces for collaboration, spaces for customization, creating those innovations, uh, in, in really powerful ways.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
And so I think the, that idea of 28 tools across a, an edtech ecosystem is really interesting.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
But what we see also from this report is the average, the average educator really uses, uh, more like four r- you know, on a daily basis.
The AI Skills Gap: Why Entry-Level Jobs Are Disappearing with Ryan Lufkin
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Ryan LufkinGUEST
I will say, I'm still a big believer that the degree, the, the associate degree, the bachelor's degree, the master's degree, they are still the preferred currency in hiring.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
And then there's a reason for that, because they're not just about the hard skills generally, the math.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
They include the soft skills, working with groups, being empathetic, building consensus, communication, like, all those things that are incredibly important, those human skills that we're talking about.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
A year or two ago, you saw a lot of businesses kind of crow that they were taking out a degree as a requirement for hiring, and what you saw is a lot of them slowly reintroduce that, because it really is the best barometer of whether or not a person is prepared to enter the modern workforce.
Ryan AlfordHOST
However, I might could have learned that and gotten further towards where I wanted to go doing something different if Different had existed.
70% of Workers Feel Unprepared: How Instructure Is Rethinking Learning with Ryan Lufkin
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Ryan AlfordHOST
When does K-12 become more preparatory for the real world versus the standard topics that we've always taught? Because it was important 30, 40, 50 years ago that we did that.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
There's this kind of undercurrent of anti-technology going on, but then our STEM scores are going in the toilet.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
How do we address STEM if, you know, science, technology, and math, science, technology, engineering, math? How do we do that if we're not going to actually leverage technology in the teaching of those things? And meanwhile, you've got a group that's pushing that we should be teaching cursive again.

Ryan LufkinGUEST
And why aren't we teaching cursive in elementary school? No one writes long-form letters during the Civil War when they would write the, you know, pen poetic letters.
