Around the World in 30 Days – March 2016
Mar29

Around the World in 30 Days – March 2016

C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report From Education Fast Forward’s 17th debate in partnership with UNESCO at Mobile Learning Week in Paris, to our Twitter Chat on Multiculturalism in partnership with Edmodo, to interviewing the Top 10 finalists for the Varkey Foundation’s Global Teacher Prize, to exploring cutting edge technology that’s changing music education, to welcoming the voices of new experts to our...

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The Global Search for Education: Innovation, Quality and Mobile
Mar07

The Global Search for Education: Innovation, Quality and Mobile

“I think technology has the potential to unlock new approaches to assessment that will change what and how we teach. I believe that the current curriculum shape and form that we see around the world with subjects taught in silos has to change.”–  Jim Wynn Innovation and Quality: Two Sides of the Same Coin? was the title of Education Fast Forward’s 17th global debate at Mobile Learning Week in Paris in...

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Around the World in 30 Days – January 2016
Jan30

Around the World in 30 Days – January 2016

C. M. Rubin’s Global Education Report What are the biggest trends shaping education? Define learning literacy? How is online education transforming Latin America? Our voices in The Global Search for Education this month, including Thana Faroq, Gabriel Sanchez Zinny, Tracy Burns, Felix Bernstein, Michael Trucano, Jon Harman and Jim Wynn, shared profound insights into the art world, the growing opportunities afforded by new...

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The Global Search for Education: Learning How to Learn
Jan20

The Global Search for Education: Learning How to Learn

“Numeracy and literacy are important, but learning is also a vehicle to help people recover and regain what is most critical to them – their own dignity, self-esteem, and respect for the other. — Elhadj As Sy, Secretary General, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies “Numeracy and literacy are important, but learning is also a vehicle to help people recover and regain what is most...

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The Global Search for Education: Global Goals Require Change
Dec11

The Global Search for Education: Global Goals Require Change

“The SDGs have raised our ambition globally to tackle educational challenges, and give a clear set of targets that we can work together to achieve.” — Alexa Joyce Curriculum 2030 – Changing education to achieve the UN’s Global Goals, was the title of Education Fast Forward’s (EFF) 15th Live Global Debate, chaired by EFF Fellow Gavin Dykes. Education systems have primarily focused on academic...

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