Big Ideas Fest, in Half Moon Bay for Fifth Year, Focuses on Future of Education
The annual conference brings together education stakeholders, including Hatch Elementary School teacher Abby Foster, to collaborate and design new ideas in learning. Students, teachers, administrators, faculty, researchers, entrepreneurs, and policymakers will...
Why is There More Open Content for Math Than English?
By Tom Vander Ark on September 11, 2013 It is pretty easy to run a secondary school using open math content. There is Khan Academy, CK12, NROC, and more. But it seems to be harder to find open education resources (OER) in English language arts. "A big difficulty in...
QFI’s Open Education projects
QFI’s approach to Open Education is one that is driven by context, aimed at developing a learner-centered experience, one that is real, rich, and relevant to the world around us. QFI’s commitment to the Open Education movement provides opportunities to create social...
Secretary Clinton at Launch of U.S.-Arab League Open Book Project
Clinton at Launch of U.S.-Arab League Open Book Project 29 January 2013 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Office of the Spokesperson January 28, 2013 REMARKS Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton At the Announcement of the Open Book Project January 28, 2013 Ben Franklin...
Conference provided much-needed chance to focus on Big Ideas
Recently, I had the extraordinary privilege of attending the “Big Ideas Fest” at the Ritz-Carlton, Half Moon Bay. Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education for a fourth year, the Big Ideas Fest is a crucible of curricular...