by lpetrides | May 18, 2012 | Blog
In the past, those in the academy have been reluctant to quantify the value of a college education. In fact, it has long been argued that academic inquiry and other intangibles are what have made the college experience so valuable. While some might disagree with that...
by lpetrides | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog
Today’s disruptive changes in education — from the proliferation of digital devices to the availability of open educational resources, online universities, and badge-based certification — have the field abuzz like never before. Recently I had the...
by msimmons | Mar 20, 2012 | Blog
ISKME’s Teachers as Makers Academy stimulates teachers’ creation of Open Educational Resources (OER), freely available online learning materials, in a collaborative format that covers the basics of finding and evaluating OER; and leads teachers through the design and...
by lpetrides | Jan 4, 2012 | Blog
Next Wednesday, January 11th, from 6:30pm-8:30pm, the Internet Archive and ISKME will co-host a conversation that explores the concept of custom schooling, which is a model of individualized teaching and learning experienced in class sizes of one to four students....
by chedgspeth | Dec 14, 2011 | Blog
ISKME’s 3rd annual Big Ideas Fest (www.bigideasfest.org) was held this week in Half Moon Bay, CA, and as promised, creative doers and thinkers from diverse levels of education gathered to learn from and share with each other. This convening yielded creative,...
by swayne | Dec 13, 2011 | Blog
For the past three years, we have been delighted to host Roadtrip Nation and their students at Big Ideas Fest. When the famous green RV pulled onto the roof of the Ritz Carlton’s parking lot last Sunday afternoon, the first day of Big Ideas Fest 2011, we knew we...
