Community Learning Networks Initiative
For those of you in Canada, The Office of Learning Technologies is inviting Expressions of Interest under the Community Learning Networks (CLN) initiative. CLN supports cost-shared community-based pilot projects. More...
eLearning Africa – Where opportunity meets innovation
4IR – The heartbeat of university innovation
NOVAQ 2018 : festival de l’innovation en Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Chasing Ghosts: How the focus on innovation in development has gone down the wrong path
Chasing Ghosts: How the focus on innovation in development has gone down the wrong path
David de Ferranti, Thomas Feeny, Nathaniel Heller, Results for Development, 2018/08/02
I think we see the same trends in education, especially where education overlaps with development, as in the case of OER. What trends? These: "the continued obsession with finding the new 'what works' solution may be quickly trumped by decision-makers’ tendencies to back solutions based on who surfaces them rather than what the evidentiary basis says about the same solution." The authors call for fewer flashy pilot projects, better bases in research, and more grounding for innovators in the social and political realities on the ground. More...
Learning and Training Innivations
Learning and Training Innivations
George Siemens turned me to toward this new online learning magazine. Well, not new - this is volume 4, number 5. But the format is definitely worth nothing. I really like the page-turner, slide-bar, and table of content tabs. The magazine actually feels like a magazine, even when I read it online. More...
L'innovation dans le travail
Quelle place occupent l'innovation et la création dans le champ du travail et de l’emploi ? Dans les organisations, la profusion des outils de gestion introduits par les managers a conduit à brouiller la frontière entre les « véritables » innovations et un mouvement d’adaptation-imitation permanent, d’autant que les transformations se superposent, se télescopent et restent souvent inabouties. Plus...
4 Ways to Fine-Tune Academic Innovation in Higher Ed
Techno-News Blog. Getting faculty to try out new technologies can be a challenge. And while many universities have established programs to foster digital innovation campuswide, their efforts are constantly evolving with new developments in teaching and learning and changing mindsets around learning analytics, learning design and more. More...
Ensemencer l’écosystème de l’innovation au service de l’emploi
Avec l’Emploi Store Développeurs, Pôle emploi met à la disposition de développeurs, startups, freelances, entreprises ou associations, des données produites et/ou référencées par ses équipes afin de favoriser la création de services innovants pour l’emploi. Plus...
Pôle emploi - Une communauté dédiée à l’innovation
Avec l’Emploi Store Idées, Pôle emploi a créé une plateforme d’innovation collaborative fondé sur le crowdsourcing. Objectif ? Mettre en relation les besoins des utilisateurs avec des professionnels du développement à l’affût de tendances et d’opportunités. Plus...