Marc Perry in the Wired Campus blog on The Chronicle of Higher Education site discussed (8/31/2011) how Southern New Hampshire University is exploring qualified assessment as the next disruption to the disruption of online learning (see Online Education Is Everywhere. What’s the Next Big Thing?). This line of inquiry reflects a strategic context for the changes that are … [Read more...] about What’s The Next Big Thing in Education: Qualified Assessment tied to Brand?
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Education: Embracing the Messiness of the Future
This morning I read a post: A Teacher's Take on Brill's 'Class Warfare' which covers some the arguments for and against Brill's analysis of education through the lens of educator, Patrick Welsch's review of Brill's book in The Washington Post (“Class Warfare: Inside the Fight to Fix America’s Schools” by Steven Brill). As with much of what should be strategic political dialog … [Read more...] about Education: Embracing the Messiness of the Future
Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
Education Innovation In a society driven by industrial age economics and measurements, it isn't surprising that we have slowly transformed the first knowledge economy work, education, into a factory, complete with six sigma performance objectives and assembly line views that treat all children of a given age or class of learner the same. Of course, individual educators and … [Read more...] about Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
In a society driven by industrial age economics and measurements, it isn't surprising that we have slowly transformed the first knowledge economy work, education, into a factory, complete with six sigma performance objectives and assembly line views that treat all children of a given age or class of learner the same. Of course, individual educators and institutions may permit … [Read more...] about Balancing the Education Equation with Execution, Transformation and Innovation
Americans Take Note: South Korea’s Government Wants to Stop Saturday Classes, Mothers Revolt
The July 11-July 17 Edition of BusinessWeek reports that South Korea's President, Lee Myung Bak, wants to cease holding school on two Saturday's a month – a tradition since the 1950s (read South Koreans Balk at Saturdays Without School). Parents are not happy, nor, in the BusinessWeek report, are they complacent. If this happens, it is likely that a majority of students will … [Read more...] about Americans Take Note: South Korea’s Government Wants to Stop Saturday Classes, Mothers Revolt