The Global Search for Education: What is the Future of Education?
“Technology is the hope for many low-income students who cannot afford the more selective institutions. It’s one answer to getting costs under control….”– Anthony Carnevale What are you selling, higher education or an experience? Harvard provides a world-class education and generous financial aid, so why didn’t Mark Zuckerberg and Bill Gates stick around and take advantage of it? There’s...
The Global Search for Education: Got Tech? – Canada
“The power of technology should be harnessed to support innovation and discovery. We envision the move to more digitally-based curriculum will allow for greater flexibility at the local level to support learning at any time, place or pace, as well as the opportunity to continuously improve and refresh programs of study and learning resources. — Jeff Johnson Honourable Jeff Johnson, Minister of Education for Alberta,...
The Global Search for Education: Got Tech?- United States
“From the US Department of Education’s 2010 meta-analysis that showed that online learning was, on average, more effective than traditional face-to-face learning and that blended learning was the best of all, to the more recent RAND study of Carnegie Learning’s math program, increasing amounts of research are emerging to show its effectiveness.” — Michael Horn In the future, will students still...
The Global Search For Education: Where is the next Kathryn Bigelow?
“The question is how to make your film become an essential part of new storytelling ecosystems that bring meaningful conversation, foster social engagement and define new pathways for content distribution.” — Craig Hatkoff Perhaps the next Kathryn Bigelow is in this film class of high school seniors? And if so, how is she being prepared for the real world of 21st century filmmaking? Of course, she may not...
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