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Background This is the last in a series of ten blogs on the topic: ‘Is e-learning failing in higher education?’ My blogs on this topic were prompted by my dissatisfaction with the Canadian Council on Learning’s report on ‘The State of e-Learning in Canada.’ (Click here to see my review of their report.) I suggested that in [...] The Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2009) National Action Agenda on 21st Century Skills Tucson AZ: The Partnership for 21st Century Skills The Partnership for 21st Century Skills has put forth a set of National Action Agenda Principles to clearly define and advance 21st century skills and core content in the United States. Quote: National Action Agenda [...] Moltz, D. (2009) Skills Training à la Carte Inside Higher Education, Aug 12 An article about modularised competency-based training at Kellogg Community College, Michigan. Note this is NOT online learning, but it does not take a stretch of the imagination to see how it could be applied to online learning. Indeed, one of those posting a [...] In support of my blog posting: e-Learning and 21st century skills and competences Pink, D. (2008) Preparing Kids for 21st-Century Success e-SchoolNews.tv Author Daniel Pink discusses in this short (5 minute) video what it will take for students to succeed in an outsourced and automated world–and how schools should change their approach to education accordingly. To see the [...] The Partnership for 21st Century Skills is an organization with a mission to ‘Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center of US K-12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders.’ Although focused on the k-12 sector, it has resources that are also [...] |
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