Online education is no bubble
In his most recent Forbes op-ed, John Tamny calls out online education as the bubble that’s about to burst. He asserts that the traditional college […]
In his most recent Forbes op-ed, John Tamny calls out online education as the bubble that’s about to burst. He asserts that the traditional college […]
June 12, 2013
Out of all of the innovations emerging in higher education, competency-based education has been flying under the radar especially when compared with MOOCs. Only competency-based […]
June 5, 2013
Last week, I dared to suggest that Coursera is not disruptive—at least, not yet. Its inclusion of K-12 teacher-training materials, while not passing the litmus […]
May 29, 2013
My colleague Meredith Liu recently blogged about Coursera’s latest venture: professional development (PD) courses for K-12 teachers. Meredith rightly outlined the ways in which these […]
May 22, 2013
Last week, I had the opportunity to participate in a panel discussion on HuffPost Live. The topic was massive open online courses (MOOCs), prompted specifically […]
May 15, 2013
Nearly six years ago, I, along with Dr. Jason Hwang and my mentor Clayton Christensen, founded Innosight Institute, a non-profit, nonpartisan think tank dedicated to […]
May 9, 2013
It’s a busy week in education in the Bay Area in California. With the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting in San Francisco with thousands of […]
May 2, 2013
As schools across the country adopt blended-learning models, a few clear trends are settling in, and, at the same time, some groups—like the Next Generation Learning […]
Mar 28, 2013
Listening to Sal Khan, founder of the Khan Academy, speak on stage to several hundred attendees at the 5th Anniversary Gala last week for Innosight Institute—the non-profit that I co-founded—I […]
Mar 21, 2013
On Wednesday, March 13, 2013, California Senate President pro Tem Darrell Steinberg introduced Senate Bill 520, a piece of legislation that would enable students enrolled […]
Mar 14, 2013