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Astonishing Underwater scenes
Posted in Education, Internet, tagged David Gallo, David Gallo TED, Underwater Scenes, Views of life in the ocean on August 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Child Peer Teaching- An important lesson from the Khan Academy and Hole in the Wall
Posted in Education, India, Technology, tagged Bill Gates and Salman Khan, Child Peer Teaching, Hole in the Wall, Khan Academy, Peer Teaching, Salman Khan, Sugata Mitra on May 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the most celebrated new developments in education technology is the Khan Academy. Founded by Salman Khan, the Khan Academy offers instructional videos around a variety of topics but is most noted for its math related content. Key features include powerful dashboards and analytics which let instructors and users monitor performance and identify and [...]
Engaging the World with TEDxBerkeley
Posted in Education, Globalization, Internet, Leadership, tagged Engaging the World, Robert Fuller, Room To Read, Shore Slocum, TED, TEDxBerkeley, Walter Hood on February 22, 2011 | 2 Comments »
TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. They maintain a must visit website featuring inspired talks from leading thought leaders. Local TED groups (designated by TEDx) organize and hold their own events following the spirit of TED’s mission. This past weekend, I had the good fortune to attend TEDxBerkeley’s conference- Engaging [...]
Miami University’s Digital Innovation Campus- the Future of Innovation education?
Posted in Education, Silicon Valley, Startups, Technology, tagged AIMS, Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media, Digitial Media education in San Francisco, Future of Innovation education at the University level, Miami University, Miami University Digital Innovation Campus in San Francisco on February 20, 2011 | 6 Comments »
Recently, I heard a presentation from Miami University Professors Peg Faimon and Glenn Platt about the details of the Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies (AIMS) planned digital innovation campus to be opened in the San Francisco Bay Area. As an alum of Miami University, a public university in Oxford, Ohio, working in the Bay [...]
Pandora’s Example- Continuous Learning at the Workforce
Posted in Education, Internet, Music, Startups, tagged Dan Martell, Eric Ries, Pandora, Pandora and continuous learning, Pandora Director Learning and Development, Pandora IPO on February 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Given double digit unemployment rates throughout the US and in the Bay Area where I live along with questions about the ability of the US to compete in a global marketplace, continuous learning and retraining at the workplace seems to be essential. Relatedly, the challenge has been made by leading thinkers in the media and [...]
100 Things to Watch for in 2011
Posted in Education, Entertainment, Internet, Lifestyle, Pop Culture, Technology, tagged Internet Trends in 2011, JWT Intelligence 100 Things to Watch in 2011, Technology Trends in 2011, Tube Free Toilet Paper on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
JWT Intelligence has put together a fascinating list of 100 Things to Watch in 2011. Spanning technology, fashion, pop culture, sports, film, environment, it is a pretty comprehensive list, but slanted towards technology related trends. Slide 9 in the Slideshare presentation below lists all 100 items and each subsequent slide provides specific commentary on each [...]
Envisioning the Possibilities- more of Sugata Mitra’s research about the self learning capabilities of children
Posted in Education, India, Technology, tagged Children Learning, Jewel of India, Self learning, Sugata Mitra, TED Global 2010 on September 21, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Sugata Mitra’s recent TED talk at TED Global 2010, he stated this unfortunate reality about education: “There are places on Earth, in every country, where, for various reasons, good schools cannot be built and good teachers cannot or do not want to go…” In my earlier post titled, Is this the Future of Learning [...]
A Monkey Economy as Irrational as Ours- a TED talk by Laurie Santos
Posted in Economics, Education, tagged Irrational Human Behavior, Keith Chen, Laurie Santos, Loss Aversion, Monkey Economy as Irrational as Humans, Monkeys learning how to use money, Superfreakonomics, TED talk by Laurie Santos on September 4, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
In Superfreakonomics, their follow-up to the hit book Freakonomics, authors Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt describe an interesting study by Keith Chen, Associate Professor of Economics at Yale University. As I wrote about in my review of Superfreakonomics, Chen’s research describes studies where monkeys are taught how to use money. The monkey’s quickly learned to [...]
Is this the Future of Learning in Large Urban Slums?
Posted in Education, India, Technology, tagged Future of Learning in Urban Slums, India $35 Laptop, Kapil Sabil, Learning from Computers without Teachers, Learning in Cambodia, Learning in Developing Countries, Professor Sugata Mitra on July 25, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the past two weeks, I came across two exciting and interesting news headlines, both dealing with technology and research developments in India. The two headlines: Using Computers to teach Children with No Teachers India develops world’s cheapest “Laptop” at $35 Now, the real excitement is how fast these two developments can be combined! Let [...]
Academic Globalization- The Emergence of International Universities
Posted in Education, Globalization, Silicon Valley, tagged Academic Globalization, Ben Wildavsky, Global Mobility in Higher Education, How Global Universities are Reshaping the World, IIT Mumbai, International Universiities, KAUST, The Great Brain Race, The Race between Education and Technology on May 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
This week I attended a World Affairs council lecture titled Academic Globalization- How International Universities are Reshaping the World. Author Ben Wildavsky, former Education Editor for US News & World Report and currently a fellow at the Ewing Marion Kaufmann Foundation, discussed his recent book titled, The Great Brain Race, How Global Universities are Reshaping [...]
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