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Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Wednesday, May 28th, 2014

Tags: 2014, Clayton R Wright, Conference, EduTech, event
Posted in 2014 ICT4Edu Trends | Comments Off on Educational Technology Conferences for June to December 2014

Are We Asking The Wrong Question When We Focus on Educational Technology?

Tuesday, May 20th, 2014

Tags: Computer Assisted Instruction, Developmental Paediatrician, disadvantaged children, OLPC, Stephen Wealthall
Posted in 1:1 Computing in 2014 | 2 Comments »

Technology in Education is Classist

Monday, May 27th, 2013

Tags: Affordable Private Schools, edtech tolerance, EduTech, ICT4E, Mobile Phones, Mobile Technologies, private schools, public schools, SMS, Technology
Posted in Public vs Private Schools | Comments Off on Technology in Education is Classist

We Should Celebrate Educational Technology in Affordable Private Schools

Thursday, May 9th, 2013

Tags: Affordable Private Schools, Affordable Technology, APS, Educational Technology Debate, ICT4E, India, Indian Schools, Private School, tablets
Posted in Public vs Private Schools | Comments Off on We Should Celebrate Educational Technology in Affordable Private Schools

Learn Experientially and Connect Globally with MOOCs

Thursday, April 18th, 2013

Tags: Commonwealth of Learning, Connectivism and Connective Knowledge, Coursera, George Siemens, Learning4Content, Leigh Blackall, literacy, Massive Open Online Courses, MOOC, Randy Fisher, Stephen Downes, Udacity, WikiEducator
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | Comments Off on Learn Experientially and Connect Globally with MOOCs

The One Laptop Per Child Correlation With Massive Open Online Courses

Thursday, April 11th, 2013

Tags: Berkeley, Clayton Christensen, Donald Winnicott, Harvard, Ivy League university, Massive Open Online Courses, MIT, MOOC, OLPC, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, target population, Yale
Posted in Massive Open Online Courses | 1 Comment »

Distance Education Should Be a Viable Solution to Create Quality Teaching

Thursday, July 12th, 2012

Tags: asynchronous communication, Distance Education for Teacher Training, high-quality teacher, high-quality teaching, instructional skills, Learning Outcomes, Mary Burns, Online Learning, predictor of student achievement
Posted in Distance Education for Teachers | 1 Comment »

Building the Knowledge Base in Education and Technology

Friday, March 30th, 2012

Tags: Education, Eugenio Severín, ICT4E, Julian Cristia, Laptops, Latin America, OLPC, OLPC Peru, One Laptop Per Child, randomized controlled trials, Santiago Cueto, Technology
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 2 Comments »

Oscar Becerra on OLPC Peru’s Long-Term Impact

Tuesday, March 13th, 2012

Tags: 1:1 laptop, doomed to failure, Educational Resource Center, elementary school, Huascarán project, ict industry, ICT4E, Ministry of Education, OLPC, OLPC approach, OLPC Peru, Oscar Becerra, Pedagogy Innovation, Peru, Primary School, Public school, Una laptop por nino, XO Laptop
Posted in OLPC in Peru | 25 Comments »

Open Educational Resources Expand Educational Inequalities

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Tags: blog, educational inequalities, Gates Foundation, Graduate School of Education, Harvard, Hewlett Foundation, Honors Students, inequality, John Rawls, Justin Reich, Khan Academy videos, multimedia publications, National Science Foundation, OER, open educational resources, pedagogical models, social technology, Wealthy Schools, wiki
Posted in OER and Digital Divide | 19 Comments »