EdTech Solutions – Don’t Forget the Warmware!
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 […]
Three Education Conferences that Have Helped Me Grow
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 […]
Three Things Governments Should Do to Close the Global Skills Gap
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 […]
Tearing Down the Classroom Walls
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 […]
Utilizing the Power of Human Rights Education
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 […]
Classroom of the Future: Leveling the Playing Field for All Learners
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 […]
The Path to Personalized Learning
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 […]
Balancing Educational Leadership With Motherhood
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. […]
How Social Impact Investing Is Driving Change in Education
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 […]
Social Enterprises Can Innovate, But Can They Scale?
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. […]