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QFI & ISKME lead SEC workshops in Doha
On February 16-17, 2014 in Doha, Qatar, Qatar Foundation International (QFI) and the Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education (ISKME) teamed up with education specialists at Qatar’s Supreme Education Council (SEC) for a two-day Action Collab...
Action Collab workshops to discuss education issues
The Action Collab, a series of workshops that implement a problem-solving design process as a way to learn how to accelerate collaboration and creativity, will follow the dynamic, four-step approach of the design-thinking framework: Identify Opportunity, Design,...
Bringing Innovative Teaching to Math Classrooms in Qatar
On December 9, 2013, QFI’s OER Fellows participated in an International Math Collaboration OER Training put on by ISKME in Half Moon Bay, Calif. The one-day training gave math teachers from the Middle East and US the opportunity to share best practices for innovative...
ISKME GoPro Learning Challenge: Education’s Digital Media Uprising
The capture and use of video was a rare activity for most of us until recently. Shooting video was reserved for momentous events, and was not widely considered a tool for everyday life and learning. Enter new tools like the GoPro Hero 4, the iPhone, and the Flip...
Three Big Ideas From ISKME’S Big Ideas Fest
Spending four days at the ISKME Big Ideas Fest was the perfect prelude to the New Year with all its resolutions and planning. Big Ideas Fest convenes education stakeholders including teachers, policy makers, researchers, eduprenuers, students, and funders and engages...