In preparation for the visit to Fresno Pacific University by Bernie Trilling, I am reading 21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times. I expect that I will be sharing some of the key passages with you all as I go through the book. Here’s the first one: One of the Chinese delegates, Mr. Zheng, [...]
Out here in California our governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has started a Free Digital Textbook Initiative. The theory is that too much of our California budget is spent on the print version and this is certainly true. The results, thus far, are mixed. Yes, an initial group of textbooks have been released. Some of the textbooks [...]
I would like to introduce a new column: Essential Reading. My thinking is that I will share both what I am reading and what comes my way. Today’s essential reading comes by way of the good folks at iNACOL. The Online Learning Imperative: A Solution to Three Looming Crises in Education is a report from [...]
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Are we headed toward a time when all textbooks will be digital? Absolutely. Will this happen soon? Define “soon.” Several universities have been test-driving the Amazon Kindle this year to see how well it works for their students. Some thoughts from a USAToday.com article: Now, as several major universities finish analyzing data from pilot programs [...]
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