Sir Ken Robinson, in this TED Talk on Changing Education Paradigms, provides a compelling explanation of how our education system, based on an industrial era model, seriously curtails the development and expression of traits and skills that are key …
The Lecture: A Technology 562 Years Past Its Prime
Lecture. What is it? As a kid a lecture is what I would hear from my parents when I did something wrong. Strange that when I arrived to college I was still being lectured at by my "new" parents, college professors, as though something was wrong. …
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Metrics of Success in Higher Ed Must Change
Bill Gates, yes, the college drop out Bill Gates, nailed it on the backward and misaligned nature of how we measure the success of Universities. "[Universities] don't have very good metrics of what is their value-added. If you try and compare two …
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Augmented Reality. Augumented Learning
More frequently we are hearing about efforts in the realm of Augmented Reality such as Qualcomm's forays into cloud-based Augmented Reality or Google Glasses. What most intrigues me is what will become the burgeoning field of research, practice, and …
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Fixing College
Jeff Selingo makes a strong case for change and innovation in Higher Education, particularly to the business of Higher Education. Actually, whether or not Higher Education puts to use its incredible ability to understand the world through research …
Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children
Why we shouldn't constrain charitable giving or causes. Interesting implications as well for the "wealth redistribution" debate. Giving Leads to Happiness in Young Children. From PloS One. …
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