The Heart of the Matter: Why we need the humanities & social sciences more...
Maria Popova argues that the humanities help us become more human, and highlights actor John Lithgow’s quote from the above short film, among others: Without the humanities, life doesn’t have life –...
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How a Radical New Teaching Method Could Unleash a Generation of Geniuses
Joshua Davis, Wired, October 15, 2013 These students in Matamoros, Mexico, didn’t have reliable Internet access, steady electricity, or much hope – until a radical new teaching method unlocked their...
View ArticleDid You Know 3.0: Scalable Learning as a Response to the Exponential Growth...
Explore how you need to learn and what you need to know to succeed in the 21st century tonight at the Honors Salon, 7-8pm Take HON 380: Trends Shaping Our Future: Local and Global Perspectives this...
View ArticleThe Global One Room Schoolhouse: Are You Learning to Become an Edupreneur?
What would happen if the world became your classroom? An animated highlight of John Seely Brown’s Keynote Presentation, “Cultivating the Entrepreneurial Learner in the 21st Century,” at the 2012...
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Overwhelmed by Information Overload? Struggling with Information...
Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. (Pablo Picasso) Make Just one Change: Teach Students to Ask Their Own Questions (Right Question Institute 2011) Scalable learning also takes into...
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The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change (Gore 2013)
What is the relationship between ‘Earth, Inc.’ and ‘the Global Mind’? Discuss in tonight’s Honors Salon, 7-8pm Explore key global trends this spring in HON 380: Trends Shaping Our Future: Local and...
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NCHC 2013 Faculty Panel: Celebration of Teaching and Learning
Evergreen, 4th floor, 5.30-7pm Guiding question: What are the core elements of Honors programs and colleges? What follows are some notes on some of the key points Honors education varies significantly...
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It’s Time to Get Rid of Teaching and Learning: Education as Talent Development
This is a short but very insightful post by David Rosen, President of the Kendall College of Art and Design, in which he makes a number of very important points about learning and work in the 21st...
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Too Big to Know: Rethinking Knowledge Now That the Facts Aren’t the Facts,...
We used to know how to know. We got our answers from books or experts. We’d nail down the facts and move on. But in the Internet age, knowledge has moved onto networks. There’s more knowledge than...
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What should we be worried about?
Big picture thinkers on ‘real scenarios that keep scientists up at night’ Since we can’t stop worrying, can science teach us at least how to worry better? What should and shouldn’t we be worried about...
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