Studies in neuroscience have demonstrated that whe information is presented orally, people remember about 10% when tested three days later. If an image is added to the presentation, however, the retention rate increases to 65%. Today’s Web 2.0 landscape has altered the informal learning environment, presenting opportunities for visual content. In this presentation, educator Michelle Pacansky-Brock explains how to leverage these opportunities.
A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age
January 24, 2013EdSurge discusses a Bill of Rights and Principles, newly developed by a group of people passionate about learning, serving today’s students, and using every available tool to respond better to the needs of students in a global, interactive, digitally connected world....
Digital Content: What Does the Future Hold for Education Systems?
January 23, 2013GETideas.org hosted this GooglePlus hangout on the future of digital content. The online discussion featured a panel of education experts, including Nicole Allen, affordable-textbooks advocate, Student PIRGS; Una Daly, communication college outreach director, OpenCourseWare Consortium; and Cable Green, director of global...
Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement: A Realist Analysis
January 22, 2013In Explaining Inequalities in School Achievement, author Roy Nash argues that a realist framework for the sociological explanation of educational group differences can, and must be, constructed. A move to such an explanatory framework will allow society to take into account the...
Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools
January 14, 2013In Education 3.0: Seven Steps to Better Schools, renowned educator and technology expert Jim Lengel provides a refreshing and hopeful picture of what schools should look like, including a groundbreaking seven-step process for envisioning and building them that draws on the...
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September 16, 2010
TED’s Chris Anderson says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls crowd-accelerated innovation–a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness.
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September 16, 2010
UNESCO EduInfo interviews Anne Njenga, a national leader in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) in Kenya. Njenga has worked in research and curriculum development for the Kenyan government, published widely, and evaluated hundreds of programs countrywide and in other African countries. Today she runs the Mwana Mwende organization, which trains ECCE trainers to diploma level.
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September 16, 2010
While not part of the typical college-application process, video is one of the newest way admissions teams are encouraging students to showcase their talents. Newsweek reports.
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September 16, 2010
In November 2009, the inaugural three-day World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE) took place in Doha, Qatar, uniting education thought leaders from throughout the world. The WISE 2009 Final Report comprises summaries of the speeches and debates, photographs of the event, and a preliminary outline of the way ahead.
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September 16, 2010
The Atlantic visits the Maker Faire, a two-day festival of do-it-yourselfers, crafters, musicians, urban homesteaders, kit makers, scientists, engineers, and curious visitors who congregate to present projects, give performances, and swap ideas. The take-away:
- Making things is a terrific way to learn.
- Schools are failing to teach kids to learn with their hands.
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September 16, 2010The Independent profiles Teach First, the education charity set up to woo the U.K.’s brightest graduates into teaching in the country’s most disadvantaged schools–if and only if they have not followed the traditional teacher-training path to the classroom.
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September 16, 2010
THE Journal takes a look at how wikis can enable high-school students to collaborate and communicate, in the classroom and with peers from around the world.
