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Participatory Learning | Active, self-directed learning
Join educator Bill Farren as he travels through four South American countries–three of them chosen by students. Class members will get to vote on what countries their teacher/guide visits and decide on the types of activities the class embarks on. Through their guide, students will interact with local people, ask them questions, request various media, and help solve real problems–all in an engaging format: participatory learning.
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Learners from all over the world: HS students, college students, homeschoolers, unschoolers, adult learners and classroom teachers: (HS or Univ) who’d like to enrich and connect their own class to this one.
Top News - ISTE urges tech training for future teachers
Lawmakers created the Preparing Teachers for Digital Age Learners (PTDAL) program last year when they reauthorized the Higher Education Act. The program awards three-year grants to colleges of education to make sure they are equipping pre-service teachers with the skills they'll need to integrate technology effectively into K-12 classrooms
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A New High School in New York, With College Mixed In
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“People who say we have to dumb down just don’t get it,” Mr. Bloomberg said. “You raise the standards and people work up to those standards.”
Online Professional Development Courses, Professional Development for Teachers
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Free Online Courses & Lectures from Great Universities (via Podcast and MP3) | Open Culture
Download free courses & lectures from some of the world’s leading universities, including Stanford, Yale, Berkeley, MIT, Oxford, Harvard and others.
University of the People
University of the People (UoP) is the world’s first tuition-free, online academic institution and will open its virtual doors in April 2009. Founder and President Shai Reshef established UoP to combat the discrepancy between unprecedented access to the Internet, dropping technology costs and rising tuitions worldwide. UoP promises to revolutionize higher education by providing universal access to college studies-even in the poorest parts of the world.
Kaplan University Ad Campaign Challenges Rules of U.S. Higher Education - WSJ.com
The campaign vividly communicates new approaches to education that leverage technology and offer students flexibility in order to make higher education accessible and relevant to a broader group.
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The ad also includes Kaplan University's new tagline -- A Different School of Thought(TM) -- and describes how the University is redefining higher education.
New High-School Elective: Put Off College - WSJ.com
A gap year -- a year outside of academia between high-school graduation and college matriculation. It wasn't rest and relaxation that Ms. Kivel sought, but rather an opportunity to gain life experience and focus her goals.
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The increased focus, maturity and motivation that gappers obtain -- along with a brief escape from the intense pressure that leaves many high-schoolers burned out -- has led more high-school guidance counselors and college admissions officers to suggest gap years to high achievers and strugglers alike.
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Formal gap-year programs typically cost between $10,000 to $20,000, including living expenses, says Ms. Bull.
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The Chronicle: 10/28/2005: Lectures on the Go
As more colleges use 'coursecasting,' professors are split on its place in teaching
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One of the things you do by podcasting is participate in student culture," Mr. Jackson says, arguing that college students are more likely to show up for class if they think a professor is speaking their language.
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And perhaps the largest coursecasting project is at Purdue University at West Lafayette.
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