Career & Technical Ed
future of learning
EdTech
Science Fiction Today, Intel Technology Tomorrow
At Intel, science fiction writers are envisioning the technology of our future in a forward-thinking project that reaches outside of the box to drive innovation. Intel hired four science fiction writers this year to forecast future, cutting-edge processors and help inspire new uses for its fast-changing chips on the market in an anthology called "The Tomorrow Project."
EdTech
Tom Watkins Challenges Michigan’s Education System
Former Michigan Commissioner Tom Watkins published a provocative editorial with The Detroit News this week challenging Michigan to grasp hold of its educational system by increasing the literacy rate, improving learning statewide and preparing its citizens for "a world transformed by globalization and technology."
Personalized Learning
The Art of Balancing Execution & Innovation
Every school needs an execution agenda to improve the quality of instruction around an adopted curriculum. Every school needs an innovation agenda. Finding the right balance is the art of leadership and the product of dialog.
Competency-Based Education
The Future of Learning: Personalized, Adaptive, and Competency-Based
A Getting Smart white paper on the shift to digital, highly personalized and competency-based future of learning, and how Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ approximates human levels of coaching for ultimate personalized learning.
Ed Policy
AEI Discusses Limitations and Challenges for Change
Frederick M. Hess, Deborah Gist and other innovative leaders in education shared stories and anecdotes Wednesday around their experiences in state education departments working toward change.
EdTech
Christensen and Eyring Assess the Future DNA of Education in The Innovative University
Clayton Christensen and Henry J. Eyring's forthcoming book "The Innovative University" tackles the question of how to increase quality, performance and demand for higher education while continuing to cut costs to reduce tuition inflation by changing the DNA of colleges and universities.
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Christensen and Eyring Assess the Future DNA of Education in The Innovative University
Clayton Christensen and Henry J. Eyring’s forthcoming book “The Innovative University” tackles the question of how to increase quality, performance and demand for higher education while continuing to cut costs to reduce tuition inflation by changing the DNA of colleges and universities.
EdTech
It's Not a Matter of Time
Chris Sturgis highlights two papers from iNACOL and questions how disruptive innovation theories apply to goods and services where there is a market failure, i.e. education.
EdTech
BBC News Covers US Schools Using Technology
BBC News reports on US school systems adopting technology in the classrooms.
EdTech
A Global Education Challenge
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt has created a Global Education Challenge that seeks to find creative ideas for tools to improve educational outcomes for students around the world – and they’re giving away $250,000 in cash and prizes for the best ideas.