Featured images: Dell Latitude 3189 designed for education Windows 10s for Education: Microsoft Not Giving Schools to Google With the release of Microsoft Windows 10s laptops Microsoft makes a bid to compete, if not reclaim, the mindshare in education. Long-tested theory suggests that the machines people learn on in school become the machines they want to not only use but to … [Read more...] about Windows 10s for Education: Microsoft Not Giving Schools to Google
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Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century?
Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century? BYOD (bring your own device) is being adopted by hundreds of schools due to its positive impact on learning. See how it's shaping education. Source: BYOD Is Shaping Education in the 21st Century I think we must be very cautious about BYOD in education from an access point of view. While employees of companies may well need … [Read more...] about Should BYOD Shape Education in the 21st Century?
Higher Education Strategy: Ten Rules For Creating Good Strategy
Ten Precepts for Good Higher Education Strategy Download the PDF of this post here. Download the expanded version, Planning at the Speed of Change: Creating Good Strategy in Higher Education, here. Higher education faces disruption from innovations in technology and business models. These disruptions threaten the relevancy of existing institutions and create uncertainty … [Read more...] about Higher Education Strategy: Ten Rules For Creating Good Strategy
How to Derive Strategies from Scenarios
Download the PDF here: Strategies from Scenarios The future is complex and the paths forward a messy one. That has to be agreed to first. Any organization that thinks it controls its own destiny and can create the future in whole cloth does not need to read this article. For those who do agree that the future is messy, they must also acquiesce that navigating … [Read more...] about How to Derive Strategies from Scenarios
Education and Legislation: It’s Time for a Real Debate
Education and Legislation There was a discussion about education this morning among the congressional republican leadership in Washington D.C. around 529 savings accounts and a move toward local funding (you can see it here on C-SPAN). Neither issue is as clear cut as was suggested by the rhetoric. In particular, the idea that schools with more autonomy from the "Washington … [Read more...] about Education and Legislation: It’s Time for a Real Debate
