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When it comes to technology most people are captivated by having the latest, quickest or highest spec model. Unfortunately this pervasive mindset has permeated the EdTech world too! From Governments, to Districts to schools the focus is usually on acquiring the best ‘hardware’ or the newest ‘software’. However very little thought is given to developing […]
Diana Al-Dajani, founder and CEO of the Arabic learning portal eduTechnoz, shares her takeaways from three conferences that have helped her grow, both professionally and personally. EdTech Europe 2015 I remember I was very excited and apprehensive that I was the only one in the conference who was teaching Arabic – most of the EdTech projects […]
No generation in history has ever had the opportunity to radically enhance global economic equality for every individual on earth. It is, however, our gift, if we are willing to grasp it. The gift I speak of is the ability of our civilisation to educate everyone across the world online, from early adulthood, to a […]
This article is part of a special interview series featuring global innovators in education (part 4 of 5). Visit WISE ed.review regularly to read the upcoming articles. “I have a vision where companies, public sector entities, libraries, museums and more have a Skype Pod near their open spaces where employees or volunteers can connect with children around […]
Each year on December 10th we celebrate International Human Rights Day where we commemorate the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which outlined a blueprint for societies built on principals of equality, dignity and non- discrimination. Although not legally binding, its core values inspired an array of human rights instruments, primarily the […]
This article is part of a special interview series featuring global innovators in education (part 3 of 5). Visit WISE ed.review regularly to read the upcoming articles. “Each time we hit the publish button—three times a week—we marvel at the internet’s ability to consistently propel a master teacher’s reach from thirty students in a classroom to several […]
In this series, Berlin Fang and Dr. Alexander Romiszowski put the much-hyped personalized learning in historical and international perspectives, while offering suggestions that may help educators think and design educational experiences conducive to effective personalized learning. Why Personalized Learning? Can Technology Fix Personalized Learning? You Get What You Measure: Assessing Personalized Learning Learning, Personalized and […]
I recently completed a doctorate in Education at Cambridge University. I am a Qatari mother of five children. Although my parents didn’t read or write, they were guided by a belief that education was ‘the passport to life.’ They encouraged my sisters and brothers to work hard at our studies and do well in school. […]
In Latin America, social impact investment—that is, the leveraging of private capital to meet public needs—holds great promise. And as the region’s economic situation continues to evolve, this approach is increasingly gaining momentum. In recent years, social programs have largely come from the public sector. Innovative government measures like conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have lifted […]
Most leaders of education agree that if we hope to see universal access to high-quality education in our lifetimes, it will require some serious disruption to existing educational models. Innovation is needed throughout delivery, management and measurement, and it’s needed on a large scale. Most innovation starts with a departure from the tried and true. […]
As we embark on 15 years of daunting and extremely demanding targets we must, as a collective, accept that the way to make a telling change is to push ideological differences aside and accept that national governments won’t be able to fund and deliver these bold targets on their own. Fifteen years ago, when the Millennium Development […]
The most successful initiatives in education have not been cooked up in a corporate lab. The best innovative ideas come from the people who have truly lived education in school & classroom and came up with a creative solution to make a positive change in their daily workflow. Such innovation is born out of […]