Why don’t entrepreneurs and learning scientists talk much?
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 […]
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
“Rules and models destroy genius and art,” said English writer William Hazlitt. When it comes to blended learning, some school leaders say that strict union […]
Apr 16, 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
For a host of political reasons, change in the education sector comes slowly. Despite breathtaking technological inventiveness in other sectors in the past century, the […]
Feb 19, 2013
Cross-posted at blendmylearning.com “Day by day, nothing seems to change. But pretty soon, everything’s different.” Calvin, Calvin and Hobbes Hard to believe it has been […]
Feb 12, 2013
Traditional business looks at the world in terms of product and service categories. But the Jobs To Be Done (JTBD) theory flips that perspective on […]
Feb 6, 2013
At the midway point of this year’s National School Choice Week—a celebration of effective educational options for all children—what strikes me is how much choice […]
Jan 30, 2013
Many schools are curious about blended learning, but not ready for a whole-school transformation. One option is to consider piloting a Blended Learning Power Hour, […]
Jan 17, 2013
The potential of a competency-based (or mastery-based) education system powered by digital learning to customize for each individual student’s needs and bolster learning excites many. […]
Jan 10, 2013