The midden

These 2 posts (Part 1 and Part 2) by Tony Bates, consider the need for change in Higher Education and the role that technology has in supporting that change.
In reading Part 1, the current 19th Century industrial model of education that universities still cling on to is all too familiar.  While many will see what [...]

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While this handbook from futurelab is aimed at promoting discussion around the nature and purpose of innovation in schools, much of the evidence, ideas and recommendations it presents are equally valid for HE.
Transformative innovation is radical and challenging. It is the kind of innovation that challenges our assumptions about how we do things and causes [...]

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Team Academy is now 15 years old. Started in 1993 by inspirational marketing teacher, Timo Partanen, Team Academy offers a Business Administration degree with a difference – students leave the course having learned how to be an entrepreneur. Rather than have traditional lectures and assignments, students work in teams to create and run a real [...]

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