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Teaching Tech Tools
One way to personalize learning is to create opportunities for young women to learn coding. It's a conversation I've seen on several blogs. In today's world, if you want to start a company or run a successful marketing, investing, media or any other kind of shop, you need people like this to strengthen and maintain your online presence and activity.
Do We Need Textbooks?
Blair Levin says that we should not be be worried about the right or wrong type of content for textbooks. Instead, we should be answering the question, "Do we need print textbooks at all?".
At the Moment of Teaching, Part II
Here is part II of a two part video series about the need for interoperability in America's education infrastructure. Brought to you by Agilix, for the Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC.
Yes, Learning is Rocket Science
BYU's Dean K. Richard Young says he's bothered by people who claim the science of learning isn't "rocket science." He makes a bold claim about leadership to make interoperability happen.
Learning Powered by Technology
Digital learning will be the education system of the future. Steven Midgley, Deputy Director, Office of Education Technology, US Dept of Education presents a lesson on how the government will help to incorporate technology into American education. But the government won't do it alone. There must be private and public help.
At The Moment of Teaching, Part I
This is part one of a two part video series that we will be running today on edReformer. It's brought to you by the members of Agilix, who are hosting the Interoperability Forum in Washington, DC. The forum is in effort to break down the barriers that many entrepreneurs believe are keeping real innovation from happening in education.
Emerging Markets on Parity with American Ed System?
What makes this story interesting is not that Agilix is doing something with MSFT. What makes it interesting is that right now the emerging markets world and the industrialized nations are 50-50 when it comes to their uptake of MSFT servers and equipment that can enable personalized learning. Who would have thought...
MA "Innovation" Regs Block Innovation
Disastrous online learning regs considered in MA provides no waivers, limits enrollment to local districts and limits size to 500 students. This is one place where small schools is a dumb idea.
Personalize and Deliver
As a prelude to the Innovate to Educate Symposium in Boston on August 4-6, 2010, we run another in a series of interviews with personalized learning experts. Here we ask Howard Gardner to tell us about his vision for personalized learning in an age of education reform. Howard Gardner is the Hobbs Professor for Cognition and Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Future of PharmD: Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
Professional schools, particularly in health care, are preparing students for a dynamic and challenging work place. Blended learning and simulations are becoming more common as is a focus on 21st century skills.