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JoAnn Gonzalez-Major 28 July 2010
This site contains a number of tutorials and software quick-start guides developed to support faculty in the integration of technology into learning environments. You must create an account in order to view many of the resources.
This site replaces our Hitchhikers Guide to Course Development and Instructional Design Resource Center. We hope that you find this new format pleasing and easy to navigate.
A Look at Radical Educational Reform
JoAnn Gonzalez-Major 02 July 2010
"Charles Leadbeater went looking for radical new forms of education -- and found them in the slums of Rio and Kibera, where some of the world's poorest kids are finding transformative new ways to learn. In his talk at TED he states that this informal, disruptive new kind of school, he says, is what all schools need to become." Spend the next 18 minutes or so watching the video and then if you have a little more time read Harnessing America's Wasted Talent: A New Ecology of Learning by Peter Smith.
In my opinion both Leadbeater and Smith make some very good arguments for migrating from a push to pull method of educating individuals, thereby, engaging more of the population in educational opportunities that will assist them in becoming productive global citizens. What are your thoughts?