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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

Hack Education

And from 2013, by Harvard Business School professor, author of the book The Innovator’s Dilemma , and popularizer of the phrase “disruptive innovation,” Clayton Christensen: “In fifteen years from now, half of US universities may be in bankruptcy. 2013 – the apps on the phones too big for their pockets.

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Previously, she was a Technology Integrator at Sacred Heart teaching robotics and programming to 5th through 7th grades and supporting the faculty''s technology and integration needs. What positive social change needs to take place to fully realize the goal of a connected and ''flattened'' environment that supports personalized learning?

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The Perfect Storm for Maker Education

User Generated Education

New tools that enable hands-on learning — 3D printers, robotics, microprocessors, wearable computers, e-textiles, “smart” materials and new programming languages — are giving individuals the power to invent. ( The maker movement: A learning revolution ). Dougherty, The Maker Mindset, 2013 ).