Mark C. Carnes gets it right about active learning in his article "Setting Students' Minds on Fire." If learning is exciting to learners, graduation rates will take care of themselves. What I found most valuable about this article were the …
Moving Beyond the Lecture
I blog here in response to a great question from Robert Gray, Jr., Ph.D., who is the Director of the Program for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning at the University of South Alabama. Rob asked, in response to my blog "The Lecture: A …
Changing Education Paradigms
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 …
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 …
TED Talks. Goldmine of the best ideas
I recently found an incredible resource of 1250 TED Talks listed in spreadsheet format. The TED organization, which has been in existence for more than a decade, is increasingly setting the standard for the latest and best ideas on Technology, …
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