That is the name of an annual conference about on-line education taking place in Vancouver this week. It was previously sponsored by BCEd Online but now falls under the Virtual School Society. (I’m ...
When Adam Bryant, a reporter for the New York Times, distilled lessons he learned from interviewing hundreds of CEOs, being intensely curious with a desire to learn from others was at the top of his ...
Some of you have wondered how the Neighbourhood of Learning project proposed last spring by Vancouver school superintendent Chris Kelly will mesh with the Neighbourhoods of Learning project announced ...
If the past nine months have shown us anything, it’s that change can happen rapidly in higher ed. This is not always a good thing even if at times it proves necessary. In order for colleges and ...
Why do we learn? This is the provocative question that Stanislas Dehaene asks in his book How We Learn. 1 But you’ve probably never asked yourself: “Why do we learn in the first place?” As Dehaene ...
When my daughter was born, I realized I had to change jobs. I was a “BigLaw” mergers and acquisitions lawyer, the kind of role that hijacks your life and devours all your time – every hour of every ...
We don’t know what higher education will look like after COVID-19. However, we do know that there is no going back to pre-pandemic academic business as usual. COVID-19 has accelerated the ...