Tag: "Education"
A Consumer’s Guide to MOOCs
Want to compare the various MOOCs (Massive Open Online Course) out there? The Chronicle of Higher Education has a handy guide here. The formats are as varied as the people who tune in. Some consist mainly of lectures recorded on iTunes, while other courses seek to replicate a classroom experience by offering study groups, computer-graded [...]
A Model for 21st Century Education?
The New York Times touts the Mooresville, NC school district as an exemplar of 21st Century public education: Many students adapted to the overhaul more easily than their teachers, some of whom resented having beloved tools — scripted lectures, printed textbooks and a predictable flow through the curriculum — vanish. The layoffs in 2009 and [...]
Will Technology-based Education Really Work?
Venture capitalist Vinod Khosla thinks so. His perspective, in the words of a genius from another discipline is “you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet:” Children have the natural ability to learn and teach. With socialization, big data analytics and gamification as helpful tools, the future of education lies in providing children with an environment in which [...]
Technology & the Ongoing Reinvention of Education & Workforce Development
The rapid adoption of technology into education raises profound challenges and opportunities for education and workforce development. The latest in this saga is from the Atlantic: As the historical model of education continues to come into contact with disruptive technologies, those technologies strike increasingly close to the heart of education’s basic value proposition. Institutions like [...]
Design as a Key Skill in the 21st Century
We’ve discussed this before, but over at the New England Journal of Higher Education, Montserrat College president Stephen Immerman makes a case for art and design education to be considered equally important for economic life as disciplines of science, technology, engineering and math: So much of the narrative of our modern world is dependent on [...]
Report Recommends Changes for Bay State Community College System
The Boston Foundation recently released a report recommending changes in the Massachusetts Community College System so that the system can better meet the needs of the state’s employers: Among other things, the report recommends the adoption of performance metrics for community colleges in the state; strengthening governance and accountability within the system; clarifying the mission [...]
