Troubleshooting motivation (Part 1) Thomas Arnett Troubleshooting motivation (Part 1) Motivating students is hard. Surveyed teachers recently ranked motivation as their number one biggest struggle with students. Fortunately, good theory can make it easier. In […] Oct 1, 2013 Thomas Arnett
Defining Disruptive Innovation in Clinical Trials Evan Shore Defining Disruptive Innovation in Clinical Trials Netflix is often held up as a classic example of disruption. Netflix put Blockbuster out of business because it offered consumers a less expensive way […] Oct 1, 2013 Evan Shore
Disruptive Innovation and the Affordable Care Act Ben Wanamaker Disruptive Innovation and the Affordable Care Act Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. It is based on a report by the Clayton Christensen Institute titled, “Seize the ACA: […] Sept 26, 2013 Ben Wanamaker
Disruptive innovation: Advancing equality in Advanced Placement? Julia Freeland Fisher Disruptive innovation: Advancing equality in Advanced Placement? Disruptive innovations often take hold in areas of nonconsumption—situations in which the alternative to using a new method or product is nothing at all. Although […] Sept 25, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
How to help parents feel comfortable with blended learning Heather Staker How to help parents feel comfortable with blended learning Flipped classrooms, individual workstations, way fewer face-to-face lectures—when parents first see online learning blend into their school, they can feel alarmed. Often blended courses dispense […] Sept 24, 2013 Heather Staker
How do you get students to like school? Thomas Arnett How do you get students to like school? Earlier this summer our education team visited the Khan Academy Discovery Lab, a summer camp where upper-elementary students spent one week learning about either math […] Sept 23, 2013 Thomas Arnett
Seize the ACA: The Innovator’sGuide to the Affordable Care Act Christensen Institute Seize the ACA: The Innovator’sGuide to the Affordable Care Act Learn which provisions of the controversial legislation offer the greatest potential for disruptive innovation in health care. Sept 21, 2013 Christensen Institute
Competency-based education and blended learning: Worlds apart or just two sides of the personalization coin? Julia Freeland Fisher Competency-based education and blended learning: Worlds apart or just two sides of the personalization coin? At the Clayton Christensen Institute, we often talk about blended learning and competency-based education in the same breath. That’s because we see both as necessary […] Sept 18, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
Why Cleveland Clinic always wins: the solution shop business model Ben Wanamaker Why Cleveland Clinic always wins: the solution shop business model Devin Bean, a research assistant at the Clayton Christensen Institute, and I coauthored this piece. One of the top four hospitals in the nation, Cleveland Clinic has […] Sept 18, 2013 Ben Wanamaker
How can we pick instructional strategies that will actually motivate students? Thomas Arnett How can we pick instructional strategies that will actually motivate students? In our work as educators, we often find ourselves wrestling with choices about instructional strategies. For example, should we try blended learning, or should we […] Sept 16, 2013 Thomas Arnett
Performance-based funding: You get what you pay for Julia Freeland Fisher Performance-based funding: You get what you pay for As we see the growth of virtual school options, I anticipate that more states will contemplate performance-based funding schemes. Michael Horn noted this trend in […] Sept 11, 2013 Julia Freeland Fisher
The patient will see you now—how disruptive digital health technologies will flip the waiting dynamic in medicine Ben Wanamaker The patient will see you now—how disruptive digital health technologies will flip the waiting dynamic in medicine Patient is a very appropriate word to use to describe consumers of health care. The term derives from both Greek and Latin words meaning ‘one […] Sept 11, 2013 Ben Wanamaker
