NECC 2009
This past week ISTE hosted the 2009 NECC in Washington, DC. It was a fun event, and I had the honor of participating in two […]
This past week ISTE hosted the 2009 NECC in Washington, DC. It was a fun event, and I had the honor of participating in two […]
July 2, 2009
Educational computer games—video games for learning (a.k.a. serious games or edutainment)—have gained increasing attention over the last several years in academic, education, and gaming circles. […]
June 25, 2009
Clayton Christensen and I have a piece up on the Harvard Business Review blog titled A Solution to School District Budget Cuts. It is about […]
June 19, 2009
A question I am asked frequently about online learning is: “Schools aren’t just responsible for learning. They are responsible for doing a socialization job. Won’t […]
June 11, 2009
New school models are appearing that attempt to personalize learning and push education in a more student-centric direction. Some target drop-out students—a classic group of […]
June 4, 2009
CNN.com published a piece by Clayton M. Christensen and Michael B. Horn today, June 2, 2009, on the recent federal stimulus funds for education–and on […]
June 2, 2009
For those who follow our blog and are interested in online learning, a must read is the latest report by Anthony G. Picciano and Jeff […]
May 28, 2009
A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that roughly $5 billion of the $19.5 billion in E-Rate funds committed to schools and […]
May 21, 2009
Attendees at the Milken Institute Global Conference this past week were privileged on Tuesday to hear from three Nobel Laureates—Gary Becker, Roger Myerson, and Myron […]
May 3, 2009
Is owning content the future in education, or will it be more important to help people navigate through it and filter it to find useful […]
Apr 24, 2009