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Poll: What does “flipping” mean?
As students increasingly encounter teachers that want to “flip” the classroom, they will also encounter different ideas about what that means. Salman Khan’s TED talk says that his team is taking Khan...
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Network-based Education
This video from Sir Ken Robinson presents a modern critique of public education. “The Problem”, as he puts it, is that the modern system of education is out-of-date. It was conceived in the 19th...
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College Grads Lacking Professionalism In The Workplace | Come Recommended
According to a recent study called “Professionalism in the Workplace Study” my course, CEE300 – Engineering Business Practices, is not yet properly organized for professionalizing my students....
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Un-Learning for Entrepreneurs | Inc.com
A recent article in Inc.com claims that to become successful entrepreneurs, students need to UNlearn several lessons that schools have made an extraordinary effort to teach them. I’ll paraphrase here:...
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Stop Doing Homework?
The convention wisdom in Higher Education is that engineering students must do some minimum amount of homework to be successful mastering mathematical problem-solving. This wisdom mostly feels right...
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Seth Godin: What is education for?
In this TEDx talk, Seth Godin examines the industrial model of public education in a way that is reminiscent of Ken Robinson‘s critique previously posted. Lectures at night. “Homework” in class. Open...
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“Flipping” the Classroom
In this video, Salman Kahn presents the logic of “flipping” the classroom, where the lectures all happen at home and what used to be called homework is done in class. There are several disruptive...
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