Posts Tagged ‘ liberal skills ’

Tapscott: Memorizing facts is a waste of time

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12/5/2008

Cristóbal Cobo forwarded an article from Brand Republic from earlier this year. It contains a few provocative lines from Don Tapscott, co-author of Wikinomics: Tapscott said: “Teachers are no longer the fountain of knowledge — the internet is. Kids should learn about history but they don’t need to know all the dates. “It is enough that [...]


China’s great leapfrog forward?

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4/2/2007

Yesterday’s New York Times Sunday Magazine had an article on educational reform in China. Whereas the United States is moving toward an educational model that displays characteristics of traditional Chinese education (especially an emphasis on testing), the Chinese are moving toward an educational model that is, in their view, more Western. This means integrating liberal [...]


Building a Leapfrog University v5.0

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10/12/2006

Arthur Harkins and I yesterday released “version 5.0” of our Building a “Leapfrog” University series. The document provides recommendations gathered from the University of Minnesota community on steps the University may take to transform into one of the top universities in the world. The recommendations generated by this activity run parallel to and complement the [...]


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I’ve been participating on the Minneapolis Public Schools Technology Planning Steering Committee. The committee has adopted the Leapfrog Paradigm and leapfrog thinking into its planning. Leaping frogs are showing up in presentations, and leapfrog is becoming a metaphor for creativity in the district. The committee’s work has, however, thus far focused on discussion on the [...]


The Memo v4.0: Building a “Leapfrog” University

Date: May 17, 2006 To: All Participants From: Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Subject: Building a “Leapfrog” University: Renovating Undergraduate Education (Version 4.0) “A Noble Quest” (as suggested by Robert Giampietro, retired VP, Target Corp.) A new paradigm founded on the convergence of globalization, the rise of knowledge societies, and accelerating change is emerging. This [...]


The Memo v3.0: Building a “Leapfrog” University

Date:      04 April 2006 To:          All Participants From:     Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Subject: Building a “Leapfrog” University: Renovating Undergraduate Education (Version 3.0) Preface to Version 3.0 A New Paradigm founded on the convergence of globalization, rise of the knowledge society and accelerating change is emerging. The first country to adopt the New Paradigm, bolster it [...]


The Memo v2.0: Building a “Leapfrog” University

Date:              08 March 2006    To:                  All Participants From:             Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Subject:        Building a “Leapfrog” University (Version 2.0) Our Basic Concerns The University of Minnesota is at a crossroads in its path for success in the 21st century.  With a goal to become one of the top three public research universities in [...]


The Memo: Supporting the University of Minnesota’s Strategic Vision

Date: 20 February 2006 To: All Participants From: Arthur Harkins and John Moravec Subject: Supporting the University’s Strategic Vision Our Basic Concerns The University of Minnesota is at a crossroads in its path for success in the 21st century. With a goal to become one of the top three public research universities in the world [...]


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