Education outlook
What can the U.S. learn from other successful education systems?
Stanford University’s Linda Darling-Hammond voices her opinions on Dan Rather Reports.
What can the U.S. learn from other successful education systems?
Stanford University’s Linda Darling-Hammond voices her opinions on Dan Rather Reports.
A ‘disruptive’ look at competency-based education
A report on how the innovative use of technology will likely transform the college experience.
A ‘disruptive’ look at competency-based education
A report on how the innovative use of technology will likely transform the college experience.
Future learning
Students are the future, but what’s the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn.
Future learning
Students are the future, but what’s the future for students? To arm them with the relevant, timeless skills for our rapidly changing world, we need to revolutionize what it means to learn.
Bring back home economics!
Parents don’t have time to teach kids basic cooking and housekeeping, so schools must do it instead.
Bring back home economics!
Parents don’t have time to teach kids basic cooking and housekeeping, so schools must do it instead.
Will elite universities drive the future of online learning?
A thoughtful piece on Inside Higher Ed refutes the premise that it will be an elite university that upends the online learning market. In fact, it goes even further to say that the coming revolution could very well change up the pecking order in higher education.
Will elite universities drive the future of online learning?
A thoughtful piece on Inside Higher Ed refutes the premise that it will be an elite university that upends the online learning market. In fact, it goes even further to say that the coming revolution could very well change up the pecking order in higher education.
Udacity takes a big step forward in credentialing their online courses
Udacity teams up with Pearson VUE, a worldwide provider of testing services, to offer micro-credentials for their courses.
Udacity takes a big step forward in credentialing their online courses
Udacity teams up with Pearson VUE, a worldwide provider of testing services, to offer micro-credentials for their courses.
The (education) revolution will not be televised
An “independent academic” points to successful entrepreneurship models in other fields to inspire and galvanize entrepreneurs in education.
The (education) revolution will not be televised
An “independent academic” points to successful entrepreneurship models in other fields to inspire and galvanize entrepreneurs in education.
Innovation under austerity: A call to arms
Watch a spectacular keynote by Eben Moglen from the Freedom to Connect conference. It is one of the most provocative, intelligent, and outraged pieces of technology criticism I’ve heard.
Innovation under austerity: A call to arms
Watch a spectacular keynote by Eben Moglen from the Freedom to Connect conference. It is one of the most provocative, intelligent, and outraged pieces of technology criticism I’ve heard.
End the university as we know it
“Faculty members cultivate those students whose futures they envision as identical to their own pasts, even though their tenures will stand in the way of these students having futures as full professors.”
End the university as we know it
“Faculty members cultivate those students whose futures they envision as identical to their own pasts, even though their tenures will stand in the way of these students having futures as full professors.”
Online education: Bigger than FaceBook?
If you can build a $100 billion company by using the Internet to replace the college yearbook—imagine what you can do if you use the Internet to replace college.
Online education: Bigger than FaceBook?
If you can build a $100 billion company by using the Internet to replace the college yearbook—imagine what you can do if you use the Internet to replace college.
MOOCs and the professoriate
As lauded as the upcoming MOOCs are, not everyone is convinced. An articulate skeptic and some critical faculty members have their say.
MOOCs and the professoriate
As lauded as the upcoming MOOCs are, not everyone is convinced. An articulate skeptic and some critical faculty members have their say.
A journey into programming
One man’s quest to see if Udacity, one of the recent cluster of new free, online universities, can make programmers of us all.
A journey into programming
One man’s quest to see if Udacity, one of the recent cluster of new free, online universities, can make programmers of us all.
Study suggests that students learn even better online
A new study compared two versions of an introductory statistics course, one taught face to face by professors and one mostly taught online with only an hour a week of face time. The findings suggest that students fared equally well in both formats, and that the online group appeared to learn faster!
Study suggests that students learn even better online
A new study compared two versions of an introductory statistics course, one taught face to face by professors and one mostly taught online with only an hour a week of face time. The findings suggest that students fared equally well in both formats, and that the online group appeared to learn faster!
Peter Thiel pays students $100,000 to drop out of college
Students with promising ideas are paid $100,000 to drop out of college and become entrepreneurs in a controversial program founded by billionaire Peter Thiel.
Peter Thiel pays students $100,000 to drop out of college
Students with promising ideas are paid $100,000 to drop out of college and become entrepreneurs in a controversial program founded by billionaire Peter Thiel.
Neil Gaiman addresses the University of the Arts class of 2012
A most inspiring and captivating talk aimed at young artists, but applicable to anyone.
Neil Gaiman addresses the University of the Arts class of 2012
A most inspiring and captivating talk aimed at young artists, but applicable to anyone.
Thomas Friedman on the education revolution
“When you consider how many problems around the world are attributable to the lack of education, that is very good news. Let the revolution begin.”
Thomas Friedman on the education revolution
“When you consider how many problems around the world are attributable to the lack of education, that is very good news. Let the revolution begin.”