Creating Constructive Collaboration

Creating Constructive Collaboration

As my colleague Shen pointed out in her blog last week, a sense of community is critical for facilitating the learning process for both teachers and students. Unfortunately, community is not a word many teachers would use to describe their work; in fact, many...
Lessons for Learning

Lessons for Learning

Big Ideas Fest is ISKME’s annual education convening, where in addition to experiencing design thinking, participants are also engaged in an exciting and holistic conversation about learning. We know that real learning is often a messy, arduous, nonlinear process, and...
Action Collab Facilitator Training, Sept 19-20

Action Collab Facilitator Training, Sept 19-20

We are pleased to announce the upcoming two-day Action Collab™ Facilitator Training, September 19th and 20th in San Francisco. The Facilitator Training includes:first-hand experience of the Action Collab processin-depth introduction to the framework
Reworking the Woodpile

Reworking the Woodpile

An exciting development in education is the integration of design thinking into teaching and learning. Design thinking, long employed by designers and engineers, is an approach to problem-solving that involves defining an issue, collecting research, generating ideas,...
The 21st Century Educator: Teachers As Co-Designers

The 21st Century Educator: Teachers As Co-Designers

At the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME), we are changing the face of professional development training for the 21st century educator by collaborating worldwide with educators, administrators, and students. At the Institute for the...
Hey, Kids, Meet Open Education

Hey, Kids, Meet Open Education

Do open educational resources (OER) matter to young people? Do open educational resources (OER) matter to young people?While making a short video recently, entitled "Game Changer: Open Education in Changing the Rules", I posed questions related to Open...