Are Undergraduates Learning Anything? examines current approaches to learning in colleges and universities. I think this recent book Academically Adrift: Limited Learning on College Campuses (University of Chicago Press), asks good questions. It challenges the way we define quality. As Clayton Christen posits (in Disrupting Class), I believe we are watching a disruption at … [Read more...] about Are Undergraduates Learning Anything? #edu
Education
Botswana Needs Improved Education to Compete
From: 6/22/2009 9:16:18 PM That isn’t the headline. This is: Weak Human Resource Is Botswana's Undoing - World Bank (read more here) but it is the embedded message. Africa needs to broadly drive to education access and reform. Many African nations could easily adopt the latest techniques in education as they have no burden of deep labor union entrenchment or old … [Read more...] about Botswana Needs Improved Education to Compete
Evidence-Based Management and Education – The Obama Dilemma
The US push toward improved education needs to be careful. As I read simultaneously about the $4.35 billion Race to the Top fund and the rise of evidence-based management, I see a discontinuity. The top bullet in the Department of Education’s release says: “Adopting internationally benchmarked standards and assessments that prepare students for success in college and the … [Read more...] about Evidence-Based Management and Education – The Obama Dilemma
Redefining Cheating
Redefining cheating: I saw a small blub in The Week about outsourcing homework to India, Pakistan, and Egypt. This is aligned with a conversation going on in education about the redefinition of “cheating” which is often called management or collaboration in the business world. After searching on the web, I found a similar story that may be the source, Australia’s Current Week … [Read more...] about Redefining Cheating
It’s Time for an Education Revolution
It's Time for an Education Revolution I spoke at a local education conference today in the Seattle area. As I was discussing the uncertainties in the future of education, I realized that these angst-ridden deliberations are very timely in a nonintuitive way, and that may be the key to innovation. America has the opportunity to seize the future of learning as emerging … [Read more...] about It’s Time for an Education Revolution