Reflections on 10 years of Invisible Learning

In 1980, Seymour Papert predicted that computers would fundamentally transform education –and ultimately make schools, themselves, redundant. 30 years later, computers in schools are the norm, but we are still teaching the old way. Why?

Oct 9, 2012

Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking with Anya Kamenetz, a senior writer at Fast Company Magazine, and the author of several thought-provoking books on education, including Generation debt and DIY U: Edupunks, edupreneurs, and the coming transformation of higher education.

Sep 10, 2012

This provocative commentary originally appeared in Heb jij iets geleerd vandaag? – Een Sudbury school perspectief op leren, a blog by Sudbury schools in the Netherlands.

Sep 7, 2012

Paul Zenke spoke with Brian Mathews, the Associate Dean for Learning & Outreach at Virginia Tech’s University Libraries. Mathews is the author of the popular Ubiquitous Librarian blog, and the 2009 book “Marketing Today’s Academic Library: A Bold New Approach to Communicating with Students.”

Jul 26, 2012

John Moravec spoke with Vernor Vinge. His 1993 essay “The Coming Technological Singularity” argues that accelerating technological change will bring about the end of the human era as we know it, and that the world will become so complex and foreign to human observers, it will be impossible to predict what will happen next.

Jul 16, 2012

"American preK-12 schooling systems may be primarily mechanical, but some of their students may learn at home or on the internet in parallel evolutionary and teleological ways. The question is how such students can survive the conservative impacts of the outdated majority culture mechanical model, especially if it is delivered in unsophisticated and undemanding ways."

May 30, 2012

In this year’s issue of Villa Onderwijs by APS, Erno Mijland and Rob Mioch present their views of what “Teacher 3.0” might look like (extended from the 3.0 paradigm shared at Education Futures previously).

May 16, 2012

“What can we do as academic librarians to better prepare ourselves for what is certainly an uncertain future? We just have to think more entrepreneurially and look for these opportunities.”

Mar 26, 2012

A knowmad is what I term a nomadic knowledge and innovation worker – that is, a creative, imaginative, and innovative person who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere.

Jan 11, 2012

"Innovation will not come from software and new technologies. It’s about mindware. That is our imagination, our creativity.”

Jan 9, 2012

"The people who are in charge of schools completely misunderstand the inherently experiential nature of learning."

Sep 15, 2011

When posed with the question of which skills and competencies are critical for successful social entrepreneurship, Uffe cited four key competencies from the KaosPilots program...

Sep 1, 2011

Ali states that “to think out of the box, you have to start out of the box, and we’re not letting people leave it right now in the current educational institutions.”

Jul 24, 2011

A knowmad is what I term a nomadic knowledge worker –that is, a creative, imaginative, and innovative person who can work with almost anybody, anytime, and anywhere.

Nov 20, 2008