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OPINION: With college enrollment tumbling, new strategies are urgently needed

The Hechinger Report

The result: fewer Americans will have the skills needed to strengthen our democracy, advance our knowledge-based economy and solve the challenges of our time — from climate change to life-threatening diseases to racial inequities. Unless they bring in more students, colleges will struggle financially, and some could shut their doors.

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The Journey to Becoming an Author

A Principal's Reflections

One day in 2010 I received a Twitter message from Bill Ferriter asking if I would be interested in co-authoring a book with him and Jason Ramsden titled Communicating and Connecting with Social Media. Image credit Little did I know, or plan for that matter, that sharing our transformation efforts would lead to me becoming an author.

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Live Interview Thursday, February 3rd - Karen Hume on "Engaging the 21st Century Learner"

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The winner of three “Teacher of the Year” awards, Karen draws from her wealth of experiences and extensive knowledge base to provide focused, practical, and inspiring support to teachers and administrators. Her latest publication is Tuned Out: Engaging the 21st Century Learner (Pearson Canada, 2010). Karen has her M.Ed.

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Apple’s Longtime Education VP Shares Frustrations With Slow Pace of Change

Edsurge

And we've seen test scores go from 29 percent to 68 percent in one semester when you can deliver the student the exact learning environment that they need to overcome the gap in their knowledge base. We saw a big push by schools back in 2010 and 2011 to adopt iPads on a large scale. They had no idea what to do with them.

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A traditional model of organizational knowledge creation

Connecting 2 the World

The Traditional Model The traditional model used by organizational learning theorists begins with the depth of knowledge. This can further be linked to depth of knowledge being greater as it is internalized (Yaklief, 2010), as exhibit 2 illustrates. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 58, 181-202. Conceicao, P.,

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Knowledge Genres

Connecting 2 the World

However, access to social and knowledge networks can create social spaces that allow for the creation of knowledge for distributed groups or individual members in the future. Yaklief, 2002, 2010).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. In 2010, Sir Michael Barber published Deliverology 101: A Field Guide for Educational Leaders.

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