Enter the dome of science
This week in Around the World, spherical technology surrounds Russian students with knowledge; six-year-old Brits are more tech-savvy than adults and Indian teacher breaks truancy record.
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Robot revenge: Aussies beat Germany in Brazil
This week in Around the World, farmers in Senegal fight theft with mobile technology, the Swiss remain the big cheese in innovation and Australia thrashes Germany in robot football finals in Brazil.
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iPad allergies and the government of ‘weirdos’
This week in Around the World, Japan calls for tech-savvy ‘weirdos’ for government-backed innovation; a UK teacher’s heartfelt letter to students draws international attention and research by pediatricians in t... Read More
Learning to drive lifelong success
McKinsey and Company’s Global Chief Learning Officer Dr Nick van Dam
Organisations around the world are experiencing sweeping, rapid changes in what they do, how they do it and even why they do it. Masteri... Read More
Think you know the e-learning tools of the trade?
Are smartphones the future of e-learning? Do MOOCs live up their promise? Should teachers upload YouTube videos longer than six minutes? If you answered ‘no’ to all of these questions, perhaps you're already a... Read More
What do we want? Web literacy, now!
Mozilla's Open Badges
Is the web of the future a weird and wild place, chaotic and slightly frightening; or is it a happier place where strangers collaborate to teach and learn from one another? A bit of bo... Read More
Big data and the Internet of (School) Things
The ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) with its data collection potential and promising business forecast – McKinsey Global Institute reports that the IoT business will deliver $6.2 trillion of revenue by 2025 – is gen... Read More
Future jobs: Humans need not apply
By 2020, connected and intelligent products are predicted to become the largest "user group" of the Internet, estimated at 24 billion devices.
These products won't just enrich the lives of consumer... Read More