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Beyond standardised testing
This video clip from Edutopia.org runs for about 8 1/2 minutes. It puts forward the case that students are ‘over-tested and under-examined’. It includes commentary from Grant Wiggins and Howard Gardner...
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Education needs pull not push
A very persuasive presentation from Charles Leadbeater on how social entrepreneurs are setting up schools in slum areas around the world that have pulling power because there is some extrinsic...
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Remember the old days when we had to go to class?
Image source: dreamstime.com There is a nice article in The Chronicle this week by Jeffrey R Young entitled, Actually Going to Class, for a Specific Course? How 20th-Century. I liked this piece not...
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The open education movement: What does it mean for your institution?
Image source: thechronicleherald.ca I came across a nice post (via @catspyjamasnz) today that gathers together some of the themes I have been blogging about in recent weeks. Roland Sussex succinctly...
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