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Use Design Thinking to Develop Critical Skills for a Global Economy

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Since the 1960s, as computers have become cheaper, smaller, and faster, they have replaced many of the routine tasks that people had previously completed, fundamentally changing the task composition of the labor market (Autor, Levy, & Murnane, 2003). References. Levy, F., & Murnane, R. doi: 10.1162/003355303322552801. Gordon, E.

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The Asian Money Fueling US Edtech Investments

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million (Seed) 2015 Sinovation Ventures Ready4 $8 million (A) 2016 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund Securly $3 million (Seed) 2013 Sinovation Ventures, ZhenFund Swing Education $7.8 Wonder Workshop , which develops robot toys that teach kids how to code. 2014 TAL Education, Yongjin Group, ZhenFund One Month $1.9

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Register Now for the Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Gross has delivered 100+ keynotes, workshops, seminars, and webinars on "Libraries = Education," drawing the participation and input of thousands of library professionals from 46 states and more than a dozen countries around the world. Library Journal, June 2013) The growing movement is ushering in a new era for libraries everywhere.

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Helping Others Along – Motivation Theory and the SAMR Model

techlearning

Workshop and other in-service events are magnified by collaborative, shared-experiences. Pursuing a “sense of success”: New teachers explain their career decisions, American Educational Research Journal 40 (3) (2003), pp. New York: Free, 2003. 2013, [link]. Source Notes (in order of use) Johnson, S.M. & Bandura, A.

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Final Schedule - Open Mini-Conference on Library "Expertise, Competencies, and Careers"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Gross has delivered 100+ keynotes, workshops, seminars, and webinars on "Libraries = Education," drawing the participation and input of thousands of library professionals from 46 states and more than a dozen countries around the world. Library Journal, June 2013) The growing movement is ushering in a new era for libraries everywhere.

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Library 2.017: EXPERTISE, COMPETENCIES, AND CAREERS

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Gross has delivered 100+ keynotes, workshops, seminars, and webinars on "Libraries = Education," drawing the participation and input of thousands of library professionals from 46 states and more than a dozen countries around the world. Library Journal, June 2013) The growing movement is ushering in a new era for libraries everywhere.

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More on the Cost Trap and Inclusive Access

Iterating Toward Openness

Back in 2012 – 2013] I was impressed (like many others I’m sure) with how Wiley was able to frame the cost-savings argument around open textbooks to build broader interest for OERs. My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. So that can’t be it.