Post-Secondary
Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.
EdTech 10: Leveraging Teachers; Rating HigherEd
“Great” can’t happen without incredible amounts of hard work, so, this Labor Day, we sure hope all those teachers realize how appreciated their hard work is.
Smart List: 10 HigherEd Innovators
In August we're recognizing 500 innovators making a difference. Today we’re spotlighting 10 higher education innovators.
Student Resource: Earning College Credit in High School
Onlinedegrees.org shares 7 ways to earn college credit while still attending high school.
Mozilla Open Badges to Show Career Readiness
Professional Examination Service has issued a white paper, Digital "Badges" Emerge as Part of Credentialing Future, examining the history of how digital badges have been "used to represent accomplishments, skills or knowledge" and how that will evolve in the near future.
An Amazing Experience for K-12 STEM Teachers
Last week, a group of 19 K-12 teachers joined paleontologists from the University of Washington in the badlands of Montana to dig for dinosaurs.
STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age
Scientific American and Macmillan Science and Education hosted the STEM Summit: Learning in the Digital Age to discuss the ever changing landscape in education and how to better support STEM and science programs in schools.
Alumni Engagement | The Next Innovation
We realized the College Summit alumni were the missing piece to complete the peer-to-peer experience and make a huge impact with our current high school students.
Pop Up Museums Emphasize Conversations
For my last post on alternate models of access to informal STEM education, I’d like to return to the pop-up museum, which I mentioned briefly in my first post. Pop up museums might occupy empty storefronts, public spaces such as library common rooms or parks, or even vehicles such as converted RVs (these are often called mobile museums).
Post-Industrial Pedagogy
Quality and access to education continue to top the list of education priorities in countries across the world. But finding balance between both access and quality is something policy makers, educators and community leaders have wrestled with for decades.
Boosting Employability
In the US and Africa- 40% of recent grads are unemployed. So, who owns the problem? Is it a government problem, a higher ed problem, a consumer problem, or an employer problem?