The big debate – Berlin Educa – ban diplomas and degrees!
Editor’s note: Donald Clark shares his argument in the debate he had at Online Educa in Berlin. So, should diplomas and degrees be banned?
Browsing: education
What price MOOCs?
Editor’s note: Time to get your head around MOOCs – massive open online courses – says Donald Taylor. They will become a part of the learning mix and L&D professionals will need to know about how they work and their commercial models.
Top ed-tech trends of 2012: the business of ed-tech
Editor’s note: A look at how this market is hotting up where the investment is going.
One man, one computer, 10 million students: how Khan Academy is reinventing education
Editor’s note: Is the Khan Academy the future of education? And would that be a good thing? Thanks to Donald H Taylor for sharing.
Costly hi-tech kit lies unused in schools, says study
Editor’s note: A cautionary tale from the education sector in which technology is failing to drive innovation because schools don’t properly understand how to realise the potential of the technology.
How teachers mix online maths with classroom instruction
Editor’s note: Interesting to see show schools in the US are starting to mix online maths content with classroom instruction.
Is the role of education to make young people work ready or is to inspire their curiosity?
In this guest post, Claire Walsh asks about the real purpose of education . .…
Video: the future of learning
As a part of Ericsson’s Networked Society initiative, the company has created this 20-minute video…
Why learning should be messy
Editor’s note: From 45-minute periods to arcs, a look at the shift towards learning journeys in schools.
At Stanford, scholars debate the promises, pitfalls of online learning
Editor’s note: Not directly related to the business application of online learning but some useful insights into the efficacy of online learning in the higher education sector.
Raspberry Pi: the small computer with the big ambition
Editor’s note: An interview with Eben Upton, founder and trustee of the not-for-profit Raspberry Pi Foundation, who is trying to reconnect children with learning programming skills.
Google says apps for education now has more than 20 million users
Editor’s note: Changing the way students and teachers collaborate? Apps for education is growing at five million new users a year . . .
How games are being used for learning
Editor’s note: This 10-minute video looks at how games are being used in learning. The focus is on schools and how students interact with a range of different types of games.
20 ways augmented reality is being used in education right now
Editor’s note: Following on from Steve Wheeler’s future learning trends, in which he mentions augmented reality, is this useful list of examples of how schools are using the technology.
Citelighter (the Pinterest for research) launches massive global learning database
Editor’s note: Not all the tech that comes out of the education sector has a direct use in the workplace but kids using this tech will be in your workplace soon enough and these tools are useful. Citelighter lets you bookmark articles and helps create the references for you.