College and university administrators and faculty members were better represented this week than in years past.

Inside Higher Ed reports.

Scenes From Ed-Tech Heaven (or Hell)

SAN DIEGO — The ASU GSV Summit that was held here this week is easy to caricature. Robots roamed the hallways, thousands of attendees hung on every word as Bill Gates described his work in education, and technology companies big and small promoted their products and begged for dollars from Silicon Valley and other investors who are pouring money into education right now.

The meeting, which shifted to this California city because it had outgrown its original home base in Phoenix, has in the eyes of many become the most important meeting on education technology in the country.

But a major weakness of the meeting in recent years has been the dearth of attendees who actually educate for a living — few college administrators or instructors (or high school teachers or superintendents, for that matter) have attend the pricey and clubby event.