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The Global One-Room Schoolhouse: John Seely Brown
John Seely Brown has been immersed in innovation and learning for the last three decades. As a visiting scholar and adviser to the provost at the University of Southern California, co-chair of...
Category: Educational PracticeWhat makes an “expert”? What makes for “expert knowledge” in the digital age? In today's culture of digital media, new forms of expertise and knowledge seem to be increasingly available, with the...
Category: Educational PracticeHere’s a thought experiment. Let’s try to imagine a society (there were lots of them before modernity) where there is no interest in measuring educational success. Let’s imagine a society where the...
Category: Educational PracticeDeclaration of Interdependence
We have massive research and many evidences available...[ie: Diane Ravitch is declaring a bunch of them here, we’ve gathered particular ones here]…that what we’re doing in the name of public education is...
Category: Educational PracticeProgrammable Pedagogy: Reconfiguring the Future of Learning
What is "pedagogy" and what does it do? In the digital age, the future of education is being redefined in relation to new technologies and digital media, and we are having to...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeTeaching Teachers, Honoring Learners: Interview with Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
As digital media and networks make possible more networked and collaborative pedagogies, who teaches the teachers how to take advantage of the opportunities (and avoid the pitfalls) that new technologies afford? I...
Category: Educational PracticeFrom Conversation to Collection
Recently I had the opportunity to attend a symposium on the digital humanities hosted by the University of Pittsburgh's Digital Media research group. The occasion was the publication of "Debates in the...
Category: Educational PracticeA Collaborative Guide to Best Digital Learning Practices for K-12
Below you will find a collaboratively written document produced in Bangkok, Thailand, at the March 28-31 teacher’s meeting of EARCOS, the East Asia Regional Council of Schools. EARCOS is an organization of...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeThe Ethics and Responsibilities of the 21st Century Classroom: Part One
When I think about the “ethics and responsibilities of the 21st century classroom,” I think not only about our ethical responsibilities toward students but about our ethical responsibilities toward teachers. I am...
Category: Educational PracticeThe Future of Learning and Teaching: It’s Time for ‘Audacious Goals’
In an impassioned call to action, Diana Rhoten kicked off the 2012 Digital Media and Learning conference by suggesting that education will never see its long-overdue renaissance without "audacious goals." Senior vice...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeIn just its second year, attendance at South by Southwest’s educational branch more than doubled from the inaugural year. SXSWedu offered a broad range of participants and guest speakers, including public K-12...
Category: Educational PracticeConferences as Catalysts for Educational Innovation and Change
Last year I attended, on average, a conference or similar event every other week. As part of my role as Researcher/Analyst at JISC infoNet it’s an important part of what I do:...
Categories: Edtech, Educational PracticeEditor’s Note: This evening Howard will deliver the 2011 Regents’ Lecture at the University of California, Berkeley. His topic: the transformative power of social media and peer learning. Here, in a continuing...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeTeaching Art in a Connected World: the Possibilities
Aaron Knochel is an assistant professor at SUNY New Paltz, teaching upper division courses in curriculum theory and practice and "technology in the art classroom" in the university’s Art Education program. This...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational PracticeWikirriculum: The Promises and Politics of an Open Source Curriculum
The idea of an “open source curriculum” has until now seemed entirely at odds with the political standardization and prescription of the curriculum. Are there any signs that curriculum will catch up...
Categories: Digital Learning, Educational Practice
