Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Leading the Shift to Digital: School, System & City
In the near future, in cities and across networks that lead the shift, we could see a significant improvement in career readiness and economic participation.
Read MoreCisco Networking Academies – A Picture of the Future
Cisco is the leading manufacturer of network routers, switches, and related technology. It’s worth almost $100 billion. Cisco sponsors a line of IT Professional certifications. There are five levels of certification and eight different paths..
Read MoreAll About Relationships: CRM in EDU
There are a handful of big companies that really understand customer relationships in a deep way. A couple of them sell this expertise in the form of customer relationship management (CRM) software and related consulting.
Read MoreBlending Math Games Gets Big Results in Big Trials
MIND Research Institute, an southern California nonprofit, developed an innovative way to teach math—and it works. Trials involving almost 60,000 students indicate that it typically doubles math gains.
Read MoreInnovations in Digital Learning in 2011
Despite the challenges, 2011 was a real turning point for innovations in learning. The shift to personal digital learning is on. Eleven trends marked 2011:
Read MoreSmall and Nimble Also Key
E.F. Shumacher wrote Small is Beautiful in 1973. Shumacher learned a lot about disruptive innovation from his prof Joseph Schumpeter. A lot of us that found advantages in smaller organizations have been quoting him for decades.
Read MoreFraming Opportunities for Education Innovation
The cacophony that is U.S. public education is a function of overlapping frames — the variety of aims and perspectives from which stakeholders approach the ‘system.’ Â The following is a list of ten dominant frames that can be used as a set of opportunities for innovation — not just in public education but in the myriad communities that have a stake in its future.
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