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Longtime online observer asks why Harvard turned to OPM for online courses

Longtime online observer asks why Harvard turned to OPM for online courses | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Like most institutions, Harvard University -- ignoring its own business school’s predictions -- failed to get ready for the new digital economy, leaving it exposed to OPMs to fill the gap. Robert Ubell presents a cautionary tale ..."

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Bob Dylan 101: A Harvard professor has the coolest class on campus

Bob Dylan 101: A Harvard professor has the coolest class on campus | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Richard F. Thomas teaches a freshman seminar about Mr. Dylan. Here’s a look inside the class and his take on the Nobel Prize in Literature ..."

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College counselor: I’m sick of reading about golden kids getting into Harvard. Here’s the story I want to see.

College counselor: I’m sick of reading about golden kids getting into Harvard. Here’s the story I want to see. | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Last month, Brennan Barnard, a college counselor at a private school in New Hampshire, wrote a piece on how the college admissions process for many students had become something akin to The Hunger Games ..."

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From visible thinking routines to five modern learning routines

From visible thinking routines to five modern learning routines | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"I have been a fan of Visible Thinking Routines which were developed by Project Zero from Havard, for a while now. I have used these routines with students, as  blogging routines and in professional ..."

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At Harvard, technology resurrects long-silent voices of poets

At Harvard, technology resurrects long-silent voices of poets | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University is using new technology to bring back old sound recordings of poets from the 20th century ..."

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Scholarly access to all

Scholarly access to all | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard, a free and open portal for the University’s peer-reviewed literature, is drawing more worldwide downloads than ever ..."

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How a Harvard case study about Apple was turned into manga - at work - WSJ

How a Harvard case study about Apple was turned into manga - at work - WSJ | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Harvard wanted non-U.S. business students to read its classic Apple case study. So it made the story into a manga ..."

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MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses

MIT and Harvard release working papers on open online courses | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"MIT and Harvard University today announced the release of a series of working papers based on 17 online courses offered on the edX platform ..."

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Harvard announces free online architecture course

Harvard announces free online architecture course | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Harvard Graduate School of Design has announced a new, free online course entitled "The Architectural Imagination." Taught by the school ..."

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Harvard finds that DreamBox Learning improves math test scores (EdSurge News)

Harvard finds that DreamBox Learning improves math test scores (EdSurge News) | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"The Harvard researchers evaluating DreamBox Learning start their study bluntly: "There is little evidence yet that educational software is actually helping students progress more rapidly." Maybe, if we’re looking on the bright side ..."

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Educational platforms can be an essential tool to the educational gap. The consistency of using the platform will result of a more positive outcome and the student will be getting more out of the platform in this case DreamBox. The consistency and repetitive lesson will allow extra practice in the skills that students are working on. The correct implementation of the platform will determine the success rate in your classroom. 

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Radically rethinking education - Harvard Gazette

Radically rethinking education - Harvard Gazette | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Higher education in the digital age is radically remaking the models by which it delivers its content, the leader of a higher education technology association said ..."

James J. Goldsmith's curator insight, March 29, 2015 10:48 PM

From the article:  "“It’s not just about digital. We are all present, and you’ve got millions of minds in the world. It’s higher education in the connected age, where we can connect with anyone and anything, anytime, for different purposes,” she said. “If we’re smart about how to marry the digital with the best of what we do face-to-face, education will move to a new level for everyone.”  Provocative ideas worth investigating.

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Harvard referencing guide | University of West London

Harvard referencing guide | University of West London | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

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Harvard researchers build $10 robot that can teach kids to code | WIRED

Harvard researchers build $10 robot that can teach kids to code | WIRED | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"Mike Rubenstein has created a low-cost robot called AERobot, specifically designed to teach middle school and high school kids the fundamentals of robotics ..."

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Business school, disrupted

Business school, disrupted | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"In moving into online education, Harvard Business School discovered that it isn’t so easy to practice what it teaches ..."

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Harvard Reports Examine K-12 Student Privacy

Harvard Reports Examine K-12 Student Privacy | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"A Harvard University research center that studies the impact of cyberspace on life has turned its attention to student privacy, in both K-12 and higher ed ..."

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Harvard’s past president endorses online education | Harvard Magazine

Harvard’s past president endorses online education | Harvard Magazine | Creative teaching and learning | Scoop.it

"...Framing his remarks, Bok said it was easy to decide which theme to pursue in thinking about the future of universities: “In the long history of higher education, no development since the printing press has had as much power to transform universities as the computer and the related innovations we call information technology.”

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