Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

Given the pace of change in higher education today, it should come as no surprise that colleges and universities are investing in research and development labs dedicated to academic and business-model innovation. We must be educators, administrators, storytellers and scientists, all at once. We are transdisciplinary to the core.

Mental Models 158

Mental Models Intelligence Culture Participation 158

Edsurge

MAY 24, 2018

But new ways of teaching like station rotation and fluid-schedule flex models can hit a snag when they run up against the familiar one-teacher-one-classroom setup. According to the authors of a new report, it’s not schools that need a “rethink” as much as school staffing.

Teachers 160

Teachers Coaching Mental Models Culture 160

Edsurge

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Students these days are terrible at sorting true facts from misinformation online and on social media, many studies show. Caulfield, along with Stanford University emeritus education professor Sam Wineburg, set out to create that guidance for students — and anyone struggling to cope with today’s information landscape.

Internet 215

Internet Attention Students Evaluation 215

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

The story offers a good example of how education is shifting as we wrap up two decades of the 21st century. In the process, they also learned plenty about social studies and civic engagement. When Northern Virginia was ultimately picked as a new HQ site, students were as proud as any civic leaders from their community.

Skills 167

Skills Critical Thinking Communication Gamification 167

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 17, 2015

Right now most educators are poor judges of deeper, richer technology usage, which is why we see lots of lower-level technology use instead of schools taking advantage of the rich affordances that digital learning technologies could bring to our classrooms. Right now we are doing a poor job of helping educators with these tasks.

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Mental Models Participation Coaching Questions 97

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 6, 2019

Tom and Eric back these up with a variety of research studies to support the importance of each one. I wish they spent more time here talking about a visioning process that was less leader-centric and focused more on educators, students, and parents figuring out together what their why is instead of simply being sold their why by the leader.

Learning 88

Learning Schools Mental Models Discussions 88

Edsurge

APRIL 2, 2020

Ashok Goel has a vision for the future of education. The professor of computer science and cognitive science at Georgia Institute of Technology believes every student and researcher should have access to artificially intelligent assistants that not only help them study facts and figures, but also collaborate more closely with other humans.

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Mental Models Education Ethics Learning 186