Archive for December, 2009

2009: The year of educating in Society 3.0

12/28/2009

Throughout 2009, Education Futures experienced a 17.11% increase in readers, hailing from 183 countries around the world. Thank you! The Society 3.0 series proved to be very popular, accounting for the majority of visits. Here are the top five articles of 2009, listed in descending order of page views: 5. Singularity University: February 2, 2009 [...]


Share the love: Embedding the Education Futures timeline

12/21/2009

Did you know the Education Futures timeline of education is Creative Commons licensed? You’re invited to share the love! Simply cut-and-paste this text into your blog or website (assumes a column width of 500px): <div align=”center”><iframe src=”http://www.educationfutures.com/flashtimeline/index-500.html” width=”500″ height=”310″ scrolling=”no” frameborder=”0″></iframe><p>Source: <a href=”http://www.educationfutures.com/resources/timeline”>Education Futures</a></p></div> …and, it should create this: Source: Education Futures


The Education Futures timeline of education

12/21/2009

Education Futures celebrates its first five years of exploring new futures in human capital development with a timeline of the history of education from 1657-2045. This timeline provides not only a glimpse into modern education, but plots out a plausible future history for human capital development. The future history presented is intended to be edgy, [...]


Settlers of the Shift

12/13/2009

I like conceptual maps –tools for illustrating the relationships among ideas– and, Tero Heiskanen created an interesting one. It’s huge. Without any further commentary: Settlers of the shift is an open map of experts, organizations and ideas that are scattered around the globe. It’s for people whose work is shifting us towards a better tomorrow [...]


A video invitation to join the Invisible Learning project

12/3/2009

More at www.invisiblelearning.com…


Invisible Learning: Designing cultures of sustainable innovation

12/2/2009

Cristóbal Cobo and I are pleased to announce the Invisible Learning (Aprendizaje Invisible) project –and we invite your participation! Invisible Learning // Aprendizaje Invisible is collaborative book (in English and Spanish) and an online repository of bold ideas for designing cultures of sustainable innovation. Through the development of 1) a collaborative, printed book; 2) an [...]


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Last week in brief: BIG things brewing

A lot has happened in the past week, and I feel that bits and pieces are coming together to form a huge break from the mainstream in human capital development in the Netherlands. In brief: On Monday, I visited TEDxDelft at TU Delft. The day was very well organized and included a selection of talks [...]

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“Reboelje!” – Invisible Learning in the Netherlands

The purpose of the Invisible Learning Tour was to raise awareness for the need for innovation in education. Mainstream teaching focuses mainly on the preparation of students for compartmentalized roles and jobs (mainly factory workers and bureaucrats) that contrast sharply with the needs of the modern economy, which requires people that are imaginative, creative, and innovative. We explored ideas, existing options, and new pathways for learning that is relevant for the 21st century.

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Invisible Learning to be published in early 2011

About a year ago, Cristóbal Cobo and I announced a research project called Invisible Learning. After many months of work, collecting experiences, researching literature, interviews, and exchanges with experts (and –above all– many hours of writing), we can announce that in 2011 the Invisible Learning book will be a reality (in print and digital formats).

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Invisible Learning deadline extended

The deadline to submit papers or other materials to the Invisible Learning project has been extended to August 31, 2010.  This is due to an overwhelming response to enhance the discussions on Invisible Learning.  Therefore, we are launching a new website, using the Ning platform, which will allow for greater collaboration and sharing of ideas and [...]


A video invitation to join the Invisible Learning project

More at www.invisiblelearning.com…


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