Futures for Education, Learning and Work
The shift to online education by universities is going to be a big experiment in learning and survival and it’s not clear that they will achieve either.
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Learning to Learn
The ‘pandemic pause’ has created much interest in online education when what we need is real learning. Many of us
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The Complexity Cop-out
Complexity introduces significant challenges for humans. One of the unexpected ones is that it’s been used to hide from difficult
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A Changing Future for Education and Learning
As long as there have been people, there’s been education. The goal of learning remains, while the methods are changing.
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Learning: Bites, Snacks, and Meals
Media communications is trending toward generating content in small forms. What does small ‘snackable’ content mean for learning big things?
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The Quality Conundrum in Evaluation
One of the central pillars of evaluation is assessing the quality of something, often described as its merit. Along with
Read moreComplex problems and social learning
Adaptation, evolution, innovation, and growth all require that we gain new knowledge and apply it to our circumstances, or learn.
Read moreBullying, the market for education and the damaged quest for learning
A recent study found looked into the experience of cyberbullying by university professors at the hands of their students. This disturbing
Read moreThe Myth of Fast-tracking Learning
In a quest for getting more, faster we pursue strategies that aim to compress and challenge the physics of time. Education
Read moreThe urban legends of learning (and other inconvenient truths)
Learning styles, technology-driven teaching, and self-direction are all concepts that anyone interested in education should be familiar with, yet the
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