by ClareMiddletonDetzner | Feb 4, 2013 | Blog
By Clare Middleton-Detzner and Erin KneplerWe’ve seen how hot news stories and video links can go viral through social media channels. Imagine if that same fast pace could propel ideas through higher education to benefit productivity and efficiency in those systems....
by rrubio | Jan 29, 2013 | Blog
As a research assistant at ISKME, I have opportunities to investigate cutting-edge innovations in education everyday. This past year I was tasked with a project to investigate alternative pathways in education, such as MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses),...
by ClareMiddletonDetzner | Dec 21, 2012 | Blog
Eagerly awaited at Big Ideas Fest 2012 was an update from our three Big Ideas in Beta 2012 teams, whose projects originated at Big Ideas Fest 2011, and who had spent the year meeting regularly to develop their kernel of an idea to the next stages. The three teams...
by rrubio | Dec 18, 2012 | Blog
As Big Ideas Fest 2012 comes to a close under a soft canopy of clouds in Half Moon Bay, a frenetic buzz resounded inside the walls of the main ballroom with its 200 participants. Even after three days of intense listening to Rapid Fire speakers and collaboration on...
by cynthiajimes | Dec 7, 2012 | Blog
“Every idea that you have is physical — because you think with your brain,” said keynote speaker, George Lakoff, during the closing session of Big Ideas Fest. In outlining what that meant to the educational community, the well-known cognitive linguist and UC Berkeley...
by lpetrides | Nov 27, 2012 | Blog
Education is not a simple concept anymore. Like a massive volcano about to erupt and transform the teaching terrain as well as the global learning atmosphere, the fires in education are igniting key issues we need to address as a society: education for whom, when, and...
