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Making the Value-Added Leap from School to Work
We interview Rick O'Donnell, founder of Rowan College Portfolio, about the beta release of his new offering. He intends to add value to university courses by helping students tune their choices in extracurricular and academic life at school to be more in line with what companies want out of new hires.
10 Shifts that Change Everything
The 10 shifts that change everything about learning
Putting the "MMPRPG" Credential on Your CV
In my constant search for meaning in online video gaming, I stumble across a gamer who is proficient at editing live digital "film" and producing a kind of sports commentary for Starcraft 2, one of the many popular MMPRPGs found online. Here is his video on YouTube.
Pearson Helps Johns Hopkins Launch Eval Tool
Pearson, a global education, technology and services provider, has announced a collaboration with Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Technology in Education to bring to market Teacher Compass, an easy-to-use online evaluation tool for collecting, organizing and analyzing teacher performance data, and providing personalized professional development plans for teachers.
Smart Profiles on Social Platforms in Post-LMS world
Sparse thoughts on next-gen learning platforms. Where will profiles full of content-embedded assessment data sit? Perhaps profiles, like lots of other stuff, will just be social learning apps.
Five Tips for Engaging Foreign Ed Providers in India
Recently, Raul Choudaha published an article on policy directions for engaging foreign education providers in India in University World News. He has co-authored previous papers with Professor Alan Ruby of the University of Pennsylvania. We publish the following post from his blog, Dr. Education.
LMS Report: Big Push Towards Virtual Training
Nicole Fougere picks out some statistics about LMS usage in UK industry sectors. Looking at this data, we can see that companies in the UK have pushed over the 50% mark in terms of uptake. Virtual training lowers costs and makes channeling resources to employee questions easier. The same could happen for education institutions.
John Legend Starring in Ed Reform Role
Entertainer and brand-new EEP Board member John Legend joins Harlem Village Academies CEO Debra Kenny to discuss the changing landscape of education reform on Morning Joe this morning, with video.
Project Foundry
Guest blogger Chad Sansing interviews Project Foundry founder Shane Krukowski.
Credit Recovery vs. Dropout Recovery
EdWeek made it seem like online credit recovery is something new, but folks have been at it for 15 years. New dropout recovery models like AdvancePath and PLC build a web of support that gets kids back on track.