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What is the future of education? Education innovators like Dr....

Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:58:58 +0100

What is the future of education?

Education innovators like Dr. Sugata Mitra, visiting professor at MIT; Sal Khan, founder of Khan Academy; and Dr. Catherine Lucey, Vice Dean of Education at UCSF, are redefining how we engage young minds for a creatively and technologically-advanced future. Which of these eduvators holds the key for unlocking the learning potential inside every student?

A doom scenario on the future of higher education by EPIC 2020....

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 09:47:00 +0200

A doom scenario on the future of higher education by EPIC 2020. EPIC 2020, stands for the proposition that the education of the world will change dramatically for the better during this decade. The movie hopes to provide tools that shatter the paradigm that the future will be anything like the past as well as facilitate discussion and accelerate actions to bring about the transformation of the education of the world.

Biology classroom. Paul Andersen has been teaching science in...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 14:58:00 +0200

Biology classroom.

Paul Andersen has been teaching science in Montana for the last eighteen years. He explains how he is using elements of game design to improve learning in his AP Biology classroom. Paul’s science videos have been viewed millions of times by students around the world. He was the 2011 Montana Teacher of the Year and he is currently a science teacher at Bozeman High School. For more information on Paul’s work visit http://www.bozemanscience.com.

Education 2.0 Stop motion film on Education 2.0

Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:09:25 +0200

Education 2.0

Stop motion film on Education 2.0

Why Education in Finland Works AFT (Amercian Federation of...

Sun, 19 Feb 2012 16:03:00 +0100

Why Education in Finland Works

AFT (Amercian Federation of Teachers) President Randi Weingarten visits schools in Finland to learn how they have ascended to the top in student achievement.

Noam Chomsky: the purpose of education Noam Chomsky discusses...

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:58:48 +0100

Noam Chomsky: the purpose of education

Noam Chomsky discusses the purpose of education, impact of technology, whether education should be perceived as a cost or an investment and the value of standardised assessment. Presented at the Learning Without Frontiers Conference - Jan 25th 2012-

Once the eighth lowest-performing middle school in...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:11:00 +0100

Once the eighth lowest-performing middle school in North-Carolina, Cochrane Collegiate reversed course and is swiftly raising student achievement by investing in research-based teaching strategies, enhancing teacher excellence, and fostering strong relationships. Read the article. [Interactive Video Player: Look for downloadable PDF worksheets and other resource links to appear under the player as you watch the video.]

21st century enlightenment Matthew Taylor explores the meaning...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:36:44 +0100

21st century enlightenment

Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today, and the role that can be played by organisations such as the RSA.

Finland: Maintaining a Strongly Supportive School...

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 22:06:50 +0100

Finland: Maintaining a Strongly Supportive School System

Finland’s schools are well integrated in communities and teachers are highly committed, making it a top PISA performer with little variation among pupils of differing backgrounds.

Primary education in 2020. The impact of ICT on Primary...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:44:09 +0100

Primary education in 2020.

The impact of ICT on Primary schooling over the next nine years will result in educational changes in teacher pedagogies and student learning. By 2020, an appropriate teacher model will be developed to assist with such changes and their implications. With the development of Web 3.0, this new role will implement constructivist learning as a facilitator to the student-centred classroom. (Jonassen, Peck & Wilson, 1999). Additionally, Siemens (2004, p.4) predicts that Primary Education will be a technologically-rich digital environment, promoting the development of connectivism strategies in learning. This individualised design interrelates with the autonomous characteristics of technology and education, and as McCombs (1989, p. 277) suggests, leads to learning success and achieving meaningful goals for both student and teacher. Furthermore, the professional development of teachers will be considered an essential factor in using technology to improve learning. (Rodriguez, 2000). The teacher model of 2020 embodies several characteristics which are governed by the impact of ICT in Primary Education.

Future of Learning In a study conducted by IPTS, TNO, the Open...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:19:03 +0100

Future of Learning

In a study conducted by IPTS, TNO, the Open University of the Netherlands and AtticMedia for the European Commission on the future of learning we developed several personas that tell the story of Europe’s learners in 2025. This video sketches the context in which these personas will learn in 2025.

The final report - that aims to identify, understand and visualise major changes to learning in the future - can be downloaded here:http://ipts.jrc.ec.europa.eu/publications/pub.cfm?id=4719

Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education This video...

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:36:52 +0200

Hip Hop Genius: Remixing High School Education

This video illustrates the concept of Hip Hop Genius. Using popular music as an approach for teaching in a chanlenging environment.

Learn more at www.hiphopgenius.org

Studio schools Some kids learn by listening; others learn by...

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:41:00 +0200

Studio schools

Some kids learn by listening; others learn by doing. Geoff Mulgan gives a short introduction to the Studio School, a new kind of school in the UK where small teams of kids learn by working on projects that are, as Mulgan puts it, “for real.”

For a critical analysis: http://www.pontydysgu.org/2011/10/what-price-pedagogy/

21st Century Education This video was produced by the New...

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:39:00 +0200

21st Century Education

This video was produced by the New Brunswick Department of Education to stimulate discussion among educators and other stakeholders in public education in the Canadian province of New Brunswick. The 21st Century presents unique challenges for education worldwide. In order to keep pace with global change we must focus on 21st Century Skills and public education must adapt to keep students engaged.

Future of education: A schizophrenic swing between apathy and...

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:35:00 +0200

Future of education: A schizophrenic swing between apathy and catastrophe

An interesting debate about the future of education. As Ceri Facer says in this video of an RSA seminar attitudes towards change in schools seem to swing in a schizophrenic swing between apathy and catastrophe.

The future School of Finland A vision of the future of the...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 11:07:17 +0200

The future School of Finland

A vision of the future of the school in Finland: an extended school contributing to the well being of the whole community: Serving children and their families from day care till old age.

Ubiquitous learning Nicholas Burbules of the University of...

Fri, 16 Sep 2011 10:55:00 +0200

Ubiquitous learning

Nicholas Burbules of the University of Illinois.

Learning is becoming more and more social: sharing learning with each other and learning together. Traditional schools are loosing their monopoly on learning.

Flipped Classrooms and Video as Homework The idea of...

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:20:00 +0200

Flipped Classrooms and Video as Homework

The idea of the flipped classroom is proimoted as an important innovation in education. Inspired by the Khan Academy pupils get instructions to watch video’s at home to learn, in school the information from the video’s is processed via tasks and discussions.

Some critical reflections on this: http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/2011/10/five-reasons-im-not-flipping-over.html

Discussion on the 21st century school Panel discussion between...

Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:05:44 +0200

Discussion on the 21st century school

Panel discussion between Former NYC Schools Chancellor Joel Klein and Sir Ken Robinson on the future of education

A next-generation digital text book Is this how school books...

Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:57:37 +0200

A next-generation digital text book

Is this how school books will look like in the near future? This is a very short talk about the reconceptualization of Al Gore’s 2009 book “Our Choice” from paper to electronic media.