Wait. What? Admittedly I know little to nothing about education in Liberia and it really isn't up to me to judge the decision of their Minister of Education (how would you solve his problems?). However, I am still terribly saddened that this is apparently what we have now come to: outsourcing the education of the … Continue reading Liberia Outsources Primary Education
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Facilitating “DIY” (Do-It-Yourself) Learning at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2012
In late October I will be attending Elliott Masie's Learning 2012. This year Marcel de Leeuwe and I will be hosting a learning lab session which is described as follows: Facilitating "DIY" (Do-It-Yourself) Learning Only knowledge workers themselves really know what their jobs entail, which makes providing learning for them increasingly difficult. The level of … Continue reading Facilitating “DIY” (Do-It-Yourself) Learning at Elliott Masie’s Learning 2012
Reflecting on South by Southwest (SxSW) 2012
It has been a few months since I attended SxSW in Austin. Time to do a bit of reflection and see which things have stuck with me as major takeaways and trends to remember. Let me start by saying that going there has changed the way I think about learning and technology in many tacit … Continue reading Reflecting on South by Southwest (SxSW) 2012
Classroom 2020: VCs and the Education Revolution
Mitch Kapor (Kapor Capital), Philip Bronner and Robert Hutter, moderated by Betsy Corcoran started by framing the problem with current education. Each of the speakers showed shocking graphs of educational attainment, inequity and the job market. Philip Bronner immediately lost my intellectual respect when he started talking about how Novak Biddle invested in Blackboard around … Continue reading Classroom 2020: VCs and the Education Revolution
How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It
Kevin Kelly has written: The Wikipedia is impossible, but here it is. It is one of those things impossible in theory, but possible in practice. I couldn't agree more: the scope of Wikipedia's success is stupefying to me. The project can teach us many things about how we can utilise small inputs from many to … Continue reading How Wikipedia Works: And How You Can Be a Part of It