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2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning (1 of 2)
As soon as you finish reading this, go to www.FutureOfEd.org and check out the 2020 Forecast: Creating the Future of Learning, a recently released landscape map produced by KnowledgeWorks and the Institute of the Future. My friend Chad Wick flipped his foundation from a focus on…
Can economic development & social justice coexist?
A friend asked, “Can economic development and social justice be achieved simultaneously?” I think the answer is, “Yes, they always develop together but are often in conflict.” This is the central question of the American experiment. We each contemplate the opportunity-equity dialectic when we vote (e.g.,…
Private Capital in Public Education-Feedback
1. Response from the Gadfly: But, of course, there’s a profound trade off. Vendors are not reformers. Consultants are not agitators. Advisors are not change agents. Okay, maybe they’re gradual change agents over the very long haul. In real political cycles, however (and in the…
Read new AEI white paper on edu innovation
American Enterprise Institute suggests an entrepreneurial approach to most problems we face including education. They recently published my white paper Private Capital & Public Education: Toward Quality at Scale. …
Edu-innovation will improve quality, expand choice
A charter school investor asked me what innovation had to do with school choice. The answer is that adaptive content–engaging, personalized, online learning with continuous feedback–will improve student motivation, accelerate learning, and expand options for students and families in 3 ways: * Informal learning: Improved access to broadband and powerful…
6 EdTech trends that will affect education
eSchool News reports on the six technologies soon to affect education – One year or less: collaborative environments and online communication tools – Two to three years: mobile devices and cloud computing – Four to five years: smart objects and the personal web…
Learning online tidbits
1. “Students say there should be more use of mobile devices in their learning.” This blinding flash of the obvious is from a recent Speak Up survey. So why is it that nearly all kids in the developed world have mobile devices and we don’t use them…
2nd Gen Content: flat & sequential to engaging & adaptive
We’re at the beginning of the end of the first generation of online learning content. First gen content was mostly flat and sequential—digital textbooks. Second gen content will be far more engaging and adaptive. For more than a decade, computer games have continuously assessed skill and interest and…