It’s a yearly tradition for Gartner to publish a string of hype cycles, including one for education in July. And I admit: I didn’t pay attention to it. So, there is a new one, but besides the many issues one can have with the hype cycle by this company, I do think this time it’s… Read More Oh, I missed the new Hype Cycle for education. Well…
Originally posted on World Education Blog:
For the first time in forty years, the World Bank’s World Development Report (WDR), released on Tuesday, focuses exclusively on education. We are pleased to see its core messages resonating so well with our past reports, especially the 2013/4 EFA Global Monitoring Report on teaching and learning. The WDR…
This is a truly must-read article in the NY Times. Do you remember the letter by Bill Gates acknowledging that his impact on education was a bit dubious to say the least? It didn’t stop him from having a new idea for education, although personalized learning hasn’t much evidence backing it up yet (no, not really).… Read More Everybody should read this: The Silicon Valley Billionaires Remaking America’s Schools
Virtual Reality is great, but maybe some games can become a bit too real…
Hypes come and go and while I do hope to remember this summer as also the summer of PokemonGo – besides the summer of terror -, it seems that this popular game is already losing a lot of its appeal. At first the servers couldn’t handle the success, but now even the biggest fans seem to get more… Read More What PokemonGo could learn from education
