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Waiting for Superman: calling the education crisis

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The people who brought us An Inconvenient Truth – raising awareness of the environmental challenges ahead of – have turned their attention to the US education system. Below is a neat little animation that trails.

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Education As We Know It Is Finished

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There is a growing head of steam around changes to education systems around the world, largely driven by budget cuts. Horn in Forbes magazine. As authors of Disrupting Class, a useful manifesto on how innovation will change "the way the world learns".

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IT training should focus on performance support

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Systems training delivers little value (negative value according to Jay Cross' comment) when following the traditional model of delivery. Tags: elephant e-learning systems training EPSS performance support. His point is clear. Train weeks before go live, provide little intervening support then let them loose once the.

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'Millionaire' tests help kids learn

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Tzu-Hua Wang at the National Hsinchu University of Education in Taiwan has devised a web-based multiple choice testing system with some fun elements influenced by the TV quiz.

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