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The World Changed, Colleges Missed It
The shift to personal digital learning is on; some colleges get it, others are going out of business. Next Gen Learning Challenges will help invent new tools and schools and boost completion rates.
Next Gen Learning Launches Grant Challenge
Next Generation Learning Challenges has released new RFPs to solicit proposals for tech applicants who can improve post-secondary education. The round of funding will total $19 million.
A Look at Kurzweil’s Edu Predictions for 2009
In a useful post by Michael Russo, a middle school tech director from Buffalo, futurist Ray Kurzweil’s 10 year predictions made in 1999 are examined. Obviously the punch line is ‘not much changed.’ In the last 1990 I worked in a school district where we introduced online learning and…
3 Big Ideas
Instant feedback from digital content will feed learning profiles which will personalize learning
Hewlett's Quest for Deeper Learning
Hewlett Foundation wants every student to have the opportunity to think critically, communicate effectively, and work collaboratively they way the do in SF's Envision Schools
John Katzman: CEO, 2Tor.com
We interview John Katzman, CEO of 2Tor.com about the fundamental changes occurring in education and what Education 2.0 will look like.
Reading the Tea Leaves of Blended Learning
There needs to be a stronger mix of qual and quant methods that can capture the impact of learning with technology, such as the study of: human-computer interaction; the brain (cognitive learning); the senses (visual, design); and system and social dynamics, according to Dr. Kelly Edmonds, an online learning consultant.
The Changing Landscape of Teaching
Like doctors, lawyers, and accountants, learning professionals can freelance, start a business, build a nonprofit, or join a public delivery system.
The Gadgeting of School
Green Dot Public Schools achieves greater API growth; IBM guarantees a job after graduation in NYC; Pearson launches nation's first complete iPad-based social studies program
The End of the Book
The First Book describes the magic of learning to read but treats the book as relic and the process as a religious rite. Digital natives are growing up post-book and that's not all bad.