The Global Search for Education: Virtual Exchange Program Focuses on the Middle East and Africa
Educators around the globe are increasingly connecting youth through technology to collaborate and learn together. When students are able to connect and work on real world projects with their international peers, they are able to develop job market skills, global competencies, and cross-cultural connections.
The Global Search for Education – Building Brains With Edutainment
Providing education for every child, even in areas where exposure is limited, is essential for the success of future generations. Several of these limited areas exist in Africa. There are organizations leveraging modern mass media technology and the power of entertainment to reach children with fun, kid-centered, localized edutainment that engages, teaches literacy to children of all ages, and better prepares them for school.
Around the World in 30 Days – February 2020
Kahoot’s journey began in 2012, when founders Morten Versvik, Johan Brand, and Jamie Brooker, along with Norwegian gaming professor Alf Inge Wang and entrepreneur Åsmund Furuseth, put their heads together to innovate the notion of fun learning.
The Global Search for Education: Moodle Eyes the Global Goals
Martin Dougiamas is the Founder and CEO of Moodle, an open source learning platform. The company was founded in 2002, and since then has grown to have over 100,000 registered sites with more than 130 million users worldwide. Moodle provides educators with free software for online learning and collaboration. Additionally, the platform is used by corporations such as Vodafone and Coca-Cola as well as organizations such as the United Nations, World Vision International and the US Defense force.
The Global Search for Education: Let’s Play!
Kahoot’s journey began in 2012, when founders Morten Versvik, Johan Brand, and Jamie Brooker, along with Norwegian gaming professor Alf Inge Wang and entrepreneur Åsmund Furuseth, put their heads together to innovate the notion of fun learning.
Around the World in 30 Days – November 2019
What is it like to be a child in 2019? A new OECD report, “Educating 21st-Century Children: Emotional Well-Being in the Digital Age,” says that while better support for physical and mental health has improved modern children’s lives, access to tablets and smartphones before you learn to walk and talk has consequences, good and not so good.
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