Flipped Classroom: The Full Picture for Higher Education The Flipped Classroom, as most know, has become quite the buzz in education. Its use in higher education has been given a lot of press recently. The purpose of this post is to: Provide background for this model of learning with a focus on its use in higher education.Identify some problems with its use and implementation that if not addressed, could become just a fading fad.Propose a model for implementation based on an experiential cycle of learning model. Background About the Flipped Classroom This first section provides information from various articles that describe the flipped classroom, and how it is being discussed and used in educational settings. In its simplest terms, the flipped classroom is about viewing and/or listening to lectures during one’s own time which frees up face-to-face class time for experiential exercises, group discussion, and question and answer sessions. It’s called “the flipped classroom.” Sal Khan, of the Khan Academy, states: Personal Experiences Basic Tenets
Biomimicry Institute - Home The Biomimicry 3.8 Institute is a not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and imitation of nature’s remarkably efficient designs, bringing together scientists, engineers, architects and innovators of all ages who can use those models to create sustainable technologies. The Institute was founded in 2006 by science writer and consultant Janine Benyus in response to overwhelming interest in the subject following the publication of her book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. See Janine’s TED Talk video for her groundbreaking introduction to biomimicry. Today, the Biomimicry 3.8 Institute focuses on three areas: Developing our online database of nature’s solutions, AskNature.org.Hosting our annual, international Biomimicry Student Design Challenge.Growing our Global Network of regional biomimicry practitioners. See examples of biomimicry in action! Meet executive director Beth Rattner, our staff, and the Institute board.
Alex Barthel: are tertiary students competent in English? - Lingua Franca Alex Barthel: Australian universities have had to adapt, often with great difficulties to two major and closely related changes. The first of these changes is the type of student enrolling at Australian universities today, in comparison with, say 30 or 40 years ago. A range of federal, state and institutional legislative changes has led universities to implement equity and access as well as multicultural policies. This can be seen as a positive change, in that it has resulted in universities opening their doors to students from a far wider range of educational and socio-economic backgrounds than would have been the case in the more elitist times of the 60s and 70s. The second major change universities are struggling to adjust to is the undeniable failure by the federal government to adequately plan and fund tertiary education to meet Australia's skills needs. Universities have been slow to recognise the impact of these changed demographics have had on their practices.
Biomimicry | InnovationSpace | The Design School | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts Consumer products often are manufactured in quantities numbering in the millions. From their factory production to their disposal, products can have enormous downsides for the air we breathe, the water we drink, the soils we cultivate. As a result, InnovationSpace is committed to exploring new methodologies for sustainable product innovation. One of the most promising is the emerging discipline of biomimicry. Life's Principles are used to generate solutions to design, business and engineering problems and to evaluate their sustainability. With grants from the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance and ASU's Pathways to Entrepreneurship program, InnovationSpace launched a major biomimicry initiative in fall 2008. “The interest in biomimicry is exploding,” says InnovationSpace director Prasad Boradkar. In spring 2010, InnovationSpace’s groundbreaking work in the area of biomimicry was the subject of four video programs:
Instructional Scaffolding: A Definitive Guide : About | InnovationSpace | The Design School | ASU Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts InnovationSpace is an entrepreneurial joint venture among the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering and W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. The goal of our transdisciplinary education and research lab is to teach students how to develop products that create market value while serving real societal needs and minimizing impacts on the environment. InnovationSpace utilizes two fundamental strategies for creating sustainable innovation: a model of new product development known as Integrated Innovation and the emerging field of biomimicry.
Exeter to cut international business student numbers after quality concerns Ability concerns at University of Exeter business school forces rethink on international intake Source: Alamy Overseas students: universities with the highest numbers shown in the table below will view Exeter’s plans with interest Russell Group member the University of Exeter is to cut the level of international students in its business school after concerns over their academic quality, in a move that may be followed by other UK institutions. Fifty-four per cent of students in the University of Exeter’s business school are from outside the European Union – above the figure of 45 per cent agreed between the university and the business school. “The university needed other colleges to increase their international student numbers in order to be able to reduce the ratio in the business school,” state minutes of a debate at a recent university council meeting. International numbers in the business school will be cut by 200 and redistributed to other colleges. john.morgan@tsleducation.com
Sustainability Connect Pathways to profit | Features Source: Getty Despite some of the “big five” experiencing a blip in recruitment in 2011 – possibly due to more demanding English language requirements for student visas brought in by the coalition government – recruitment is now surging. At Navitas colleges, UK enrolments fell 13 per cent in 2011, but bounced back 15 per cent the following year and then grew by a quarter in 2013. Linda Cowan, managing director of Kaplan International Colleges, says that this year’s enrolments in the UK are up 20 per cent on last year. Over the past three years, numbers at Study Group centres have risen 28 per cent, according to a spokesman. Indeed, Pitman believes that in the future the majority of the UK’s international students could come via a pathway course. INTO’s Colin is more cautious about future growth in the UK. Within the higher education sector, the rapid rise of pathway providers has not escaped criticism. Click to rate 0 out of 5 stars
Internships // School of Sustainability // Arizona State University All students in the School of Sustainability are encouraged to pursue at least one internship during their academic career. Internships allow students to apply classroom theories to real life, professional situations. These professional development opportunities can also help students determine whether their chosen career is going to be a good match. School of Sustainability undergraduate students who choose to do an internship for academic credit will also register for an associated course, SOS 484, where they will learn professional problem solving, workplace inquiry, and professional communication. Click here to view internships: SustainabilityConnect.asu.edu. Finding an Internship The School of Sustainability partners with community businesses and organizations to provide undergraduate and graduate internships. Internships approved by the School of School of Sustainability are posted on SustainabilityConnect. Internship Providers You may also submit an internship description here.
Postsecondary Success A physics lab at Central Piedmont Community College in Charlotte, North Carolina, which offers nearly 300 degree and certificate programs. our goal: to ensure that all low-income young adults have affordable access to a quality postsecondary education that is tailored to their individual needs and educational goals and leads to timely completion of a degree or certificate with labor-market value. The Challenge At A Glance A college education is the gateway to the American middle class, with college graduates earning substantially more than those without a degree. Poor college completion rates in the U.S. hurt the national economy. The U.S. economy will need an estimated 22 million new college graduates by 2018 but will face a shortfall of at least 3 million. The foundation works with educators, researchers, technologists, foundations, policymakers, and other partners to help public colleges and universities affordably and efficiently guide more low-income students to degree completion.