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No, mobile phones should not be banned in schools
Finally, a sensible response pro mobile phones in the classroom
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How Blockbuster MOOCs Could Shape the Future of Teaching | EdSurge News
Provides the top 10 most populat courses in the past 12 months - cosing and self-help courses dominate
Sunday, June 24, 2018
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
Sunday, June 17, 2018
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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Globalisation and Sustainable Development
This course offers theoretical and real-world insights into why and how globalisation can be used as a conduit for sustainable development. Globalisation is associated not only with significant economic development opportunities but also with pressing environmental and social challenges. Through readings, videos, discussions and interactive learning activities you will examine and critique the potential of globalisation to drive sustainable development. You will also explore and reflect on the impact of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on current and future economic, environmental and social trends.
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Interviewing CogDogBlog.com – CogDogBlog
@cogdog is Alan Levine - and in this blog post he talks about the history and motivation for purchasing and using domain names. Good to read for motivating 'brand of one's own'
Sunday, June 03, 2018
Global Education Highlights (weekly)
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Since Deakin University has plenty of in-person students these days as well, officials want to reinvent the campus experience as well, by trying to blend education into busy lives. That has meant developing their own personal assistant for students, a bit like Siri or Alexa, that can remind you to do your homework. While such a tool may make sense for students needing to fit in studies amid work, family and life, it also raises thorny privacy issues.
tags: education HigherEducation
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OpenLearning Blog - 6 reasons why OpenLearning is all about social learning
So what do we mean by social learning? This blog post will take you through what social learning is all about and why OpenLearning loves to promote it.
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World Class How to Build a 21st-Century School System DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264300002-en Andreas Schleicher - initiator of PISA and an international authority on education policy - offers a unique perspective on education reform.
tags: education 21centurylearning
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World Class - How to Build a 21st-Century School System - en - OECD
In a world where the kind of things that are easy to teach and test have also become easy to digitise and automate, it will be our imagination, our awareness and our sense of responsibility that will enable us to harness the opportunities of the 21st century to shape the world for the better. Tomorrow’s schools will need to help students think for themselves and join others, with empathy, in work and citizenship. They will need to help students develop a strong sense of right and wrong, and sensitivity to the claims that others make.
tags: education 21centurylearning school