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MIT and Harvard announce edX web education platform, make online learning cheap and easy
We'll forgive you if you failed to take MIT up on its offer take its courses for free when it rolled out its MITx online learning platform last year. However, Harvard took notice of its efforts, and has joined MIT online to form the edX platform and offer courses and content for free on the web. There's no word on the available subjects just yet, but video lessons, quizzes and online labs will all be a part of the curriculum, and those who comprehend the coursework can get a certificate of mastery upon completion. edX won't just benefit those who log on, either, as it'll be used to research how students learn and how technology can be used to improve teaching in both virtual and brick and mortar classrooms.
School Without Walls Fosters A Free-Wheeling Theory Of Learning | Co.Design
Sweden loves its experimental education , but here’s a venture that’s far-fetched even by Swedish standards: It’s a school without walls. That’s right. Vittra Telefonplan , in Stockholm, was designed according to the principles of the Swedish Free School Organization Vittra , an educational consortium that doesn’t believe in classrooms or classes.
In a report released Thursday, the Center on Education Policy found that 48 percent of the nation's public schools failed to meet NCLB goals in 2011. This is up from 39 percent in 2010 and 29 percent in 2006. Furthermore, there is a great disparity in the performance among states.
The Mess of No Child Left Behind - Brian Resnick - National - The Atlantic
The Hindu : Opinion / Open Page : A mess called teacher education
Kapil Sibal found the 2G spectrum scam as of zero loss and hence of no consequence. How will he interpret the loss that is being inflicted upon the young generation by providing them with teachers who got practically nothing by way of education! Teachers' Day, 2011, shall, in certain ways, be celebrated on routine lines — high praise for the profession, repetition of the great expectations from teachers in the light of the commendable traditions, awards at the national and State levels and the like. In addition, one of the recent events shall certainly cast a special impact on all those who gather to celebrate official functions: the anti-corruption uprising in the country. Many would probably not know that one more significant event, sadly enough, took place this year and that pertains to the quality of teacher education and, hence of education in a big way. The National Council for Teacher Education Act passed in Parliament in 1993 has been superseded by the Central government.
Adventures in Corporate Education
Posted by gminks on Wednesday, December 28th 2011 Ok, in full disclosure, the title of this blog post is misleading. If you know me, you know I protest vigorously any time someone calls me a marketer. Hell, I did it during my yearly review. If you really know me you know that the reason I protest goes much, much deeper than the age-old techies vs. marketers holy war.
Learning Solutions Magazine: Home
March 26, 2012 In Part 1, you learned what a Photeo is and how you might use one. In this Part, you will walk through a Photeo needs analysis and the creation and execution process, and you will learn about the software it takes to make a Photeo!In the spirit of personal kaizen , I have listed below a few books that I read (or reread) over the past year that you may want to read as part of your own continuous improvement journey.
Presentation Zen
Great Leadership
When you’ve been a manager for a long time, or are used to working with lots of managers, you sometimes forget how hard it is for an employee to approach their boss to discuss something that’s bothering them. For many employees, the thought of “confronting” a boss can be so intimidating, that they will come up with all sorts of other ways to cope with the situation, including:
In his latest book, a longtime University of Houston-Victoria professor delves into how a computer operating system can help people overcome difficulties with mobile learning. “The book takes readers through the research and how it relates to education,” Chao said.
Online Learning Update