Tips for Learning & Teaching Through AI
The Learning Collective attended this year’s SXSW EDU conference. We focused much of our time there on learning about the latest in AI. Though we left the conference with more questions than answers, we definitely feel more knowledgeable about AI and where it may lead us. Here are some of our takeaways from the conference […]
Private School Blended Learning Planning
The Learning Collective is working with Berkeley Hall School to determine whether blended learning and/or enhanced online learning is an instructional direction the school should pursue. This represents a potential new direction for one of the most venerable independent schools in Southern California. Based on The Learning Collective’s experience presenting at the Online Education […]
Insights from Conference Presentations
The Learning Collective has presented at a couple conferences this spring. Specifically, we’ve presented about blended learning at the inaugural, national Online Education Symposium for Independent Schools (OESIS) and at the California Charter Schools Association’s (CCSA) 20th Annual Conference.
iPads & Personalized Learning in So. Africa
The Learning Collective has begun working with Kingsmead College, a K-12 school for girls in Johannesburg, South Africa. As Kingsmead’s iPad program grows, the school has turned to The Learning Collective to help teachers further incorporate iPads into daily classroom activities and facilitate personalized learning. Also, we’re helping the school better leverage their MacBooks for […]
Vernacular Video Culture in Education
A video by Howard Rheingold discussing collaborative learning and video.
Cloud-Based, Open-Source For Teachers?
A computing device for every teacher and student so they can access the Internet at school or at home? That, along with an embrace of cloud computing, Creative Commons, and open-source technologies is part of a new set of recommendations from the U.S. Department of Education.
Virtual Worlds as Scientific Tools
Virtual worlds have grown by leaps and bounds over the past few years, and their applications in expressing political messages and building competitive online-based businesses seem to expand with each new release. But what about scholars at universities and think tanks who hope to use virtual worlds and the social microcosms they create as part of serious academic study?
Connectivism And Modern Literacy
In the 20th century literacy was the “ability to read and write”. The subset of skills necessary to be called literate has changed greatly and the definitions has expanded…
Develop Idea for A Mobile Learning App
Applications for the first Startl Design Boost are now open for budding entrepreneurs and designers interested in developing cutting edge mobile applications for learning. Developed in conjunction with IDEO, the first Startl Boost, a five day building, hacking, business and human centered design immersion will be held at the Pratt Institute in New York City, […]
Harvard Professor: Learn 3 Minutes a Day
Some educators are turning to short online learning activities as a preferred approach to engage students. Take SpacedEd. It offers students the chance to “learn most anything in 3 minutes a day.” Originally developed by Dr B. Price Kerfoot, a Harvard Medical School professor, for medical school students, the method has been proven through 10 rigorous studies to increase knowledge by up to 50% and strengthen retention of concepts up to two years.