Big Data: Dispelling Myths About Global Education
Data need to tell a story. In this Focus presentation, Hans Rosling helped make sense of complex trends in education and progress toward universal literacy and numeracy. What do these data tell us about our successes and ongoing challenges?
Play: Rethinking the Design of Teaching and Learning
Teaching and learning practices are transforming through an approach integrating traditional and 21st-century literacies with core principles of game design and play. Quest to Learn, a public middle school in New York, has become a vital research and development platform for such innovative curriculum and teaching practices. At WISE 2013, Katie Salen from the Institute […]
Big Data: Who Really Benefits?
Several years ago, my mother gave me a large manilla envelope full of my old schoolwork — drawings and writings and photos from as far back as preschool — some projects I remembered making, many I didn’t. Mostly the envelope contained administrative records — my report cards, various certificates of accomplishment, some ribbons. That envelope […]
How MOOCs Are Redefining the Role of Teachers
“MOOCs are designed in a such a way that they allow students to be peer instructors,” says Dr. George Siemens, an academic and leading researcher on learning. MOOCs have also changed the relationship between teacher, content and students. Technology allows students to access learning content anywhere. For Dr. Siemens, teachers need to focus more on […]
Educate a Girl, Empower a Woman
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The Ed-Tech Revolution
Online learning portals, mobile educational apps, flipped classrooms, social networks for students and now massive open online courses: digital innovation is introducing significant changes in the way people learn and multimedia and online tools are helping breaking down many barriers to education. This month’s special focus is on the innovative use of technology and the […]
Education for the Hardest to Reach Children
More than 57 million children continue to be denied the right to primary education around the world, according to a latest report by UNESCO’s EFA Global Monitoring Report. Of the 57 million out-of-school children of, 28 million boys and girls (almost 49%) will probably never enter school. A further 23% or 13 million have attended school but […]
Educating for Citizenship
A relevant, humane and inspiring education system is the foundation stone of good citizenship. As we tackle the complex task of building a sustainable future, it is vital for us to possess good civic skills and citizenship values so that we can take action collectively, engaging with urgent local, national and global issues. Browse this […]
Bridging the Skills Gap
Governments and businesses around the world are facing a pressing dilemma. According to the International Labor Organization, almost 75 million young people worldwide are unemployed; young people who are unable find work while employers are saying they cannot find people with the right skills. So how can we bridge the gap? What kind of systems […]
STEM Is Vital for African Development
In Cameroon, where I am from, and across Africa’s 54 countries, rates of illiteracy are high – particularly among those living in remote areas. Not surprisingly, skills for critical thinking and problem solving are low. But even highly-educated urban dwellers often act and think quite irrationally and still hold superstitious beliefs. In my experience, only […]