By Stephen Downes - Stephen's Web. White House: Innovation in Higher Education
George Siemens, elearnspace, 2015/08/04
I can't resist sharing this post describing George Siemenss'ss invitation and visit to the White House (meanwhile people pay very good money to keep people like me far away from such places!). More...
By . In 2014, the inaugural Wharton – QS Stars Reimagine Education Awards, the “Oscars for pedagogical innovators” in Higher Education, saw over 420 projects participating from 54 countries with two overall winning initiatives sharing the prize fund of US$ 50,000.
The global competition aims at identifying the most innovative pedagogies to enhance learning of higher education students or their employability. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. Y Combinator is the Stanford of startup incubators. With an acceptance rate of less than 3 percent, it is known for launching superstars, such as Dropbox, AirBNB and Reddit. For a fledgling startup, getting into the exclusive program (which takes in two classes of about 85 companies each year) can feel like a “Hail Mary” opportunity for mentorship and investment. More...
By Stefanie Botelho. The House of Representatives seems determined to stall this country's innovation pipeline for generations to come. Two pieces of recently passed legislation — the America Competes Act of 2015 (H.R. 1806) and the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for Fiscal Year 2016 (H.R. 2578) — take aim squarely at the National Science Foundation's Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In education, online learning is the first disruptive innovation since the advent of the printing press. More...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. With the rise of the internet, it seemed like education was on the cusp of a complete revolution. More...
The main objective of HEKATE (Higher Education and Enterprises: Knowledge Alliances for the Training of Entrepreneurs), a project within the framework of the European Commission, is to form so called ‘Knowledge Alliances’ to encourage structured, result-driven cooperation ventures between universities and companies in the field of higher education. More...
Par Institut Montaigne. Inscrit dans notre Constitution depuis 10 ans, le principe de précaution serait-il devenu un frein pour l’innovation et la prise de risque ? A-t-il été à l’origine de blocages que nous avons connu, dans des domaines aussi variés que la santé, les OGM ou encore le gaz de schiste ? Comment oser la prise de risque tout en assurant la sécurité de nos concitoyens ? Peut-on imaginer un principe nouveau, au service de l’innovation. Voir l'article...
Par Institut Montaigne. Inscrit dans notre Constitution depuis 10 ans, le principe de précaution serait-il devenu un frein pour l’innovation et la prise de risque ? A-t-il été à l’origine de blocages que nous avons connu, dans des domaines aussi variés que la santé, les OGM ou encore le gaz de schiste ? Comment oser la prise de risque tout en assurant la sécurité de nos concitoyens ? Peut-on imaginer un principe nouveau, au service de l’innovation. Voir l'article...
Higher Ed Tech News and Research ~ Ray Schroeder, editor. In her keynote address at the CT Forum conference in April, Michelle Weise, senior research fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, offered an insightful analysis of disruptive innovation — perhaps one of the most-used and least-understood buzzwords in higher education today. More...
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