Category: Learning Theory

Hip Hop and MI

High-Impact Leadership’ Symposium to be Held on April 13
http://www.virginia.edu/uvatoday/newsRelease.php?id=1848

New Paradigm of the Learning Process in era of Globalisation

Information and communication technologies (ICT) have effectively revolutionized our society. In the era of globalisation, technology has dramatically penetrated into every area of society and, every aspect of social and cultural lives. But, teaching, and the world of education more generally have not taken the advantage of these changes. We have largely failed to capitalize on the potential of new technologies, and particularly digital technology as a learning tool

Learning is based on a strength model of student abilities, interest, and culture. Based on the work of Howard Gardner and others, schools are beginning to consider the specific strengths and interests that students bring to the learning environment, and are designing learning activities that build on student strengths rather than focusing only upon remediating weaknesses. In addition, schools increasingly recognize diversity as a resource rather than a problem in the classroom.

[ Source: Nilay Ranjan- OneWorld South Asia ]

Sending American-style education to China could stunt the dragon

Teenage scholar mentors underprivileged kids, leads ethical inquiries, studies world affairs.

KIRAN YADAV of the Financial Express of India reports:

That Harvard psychologist Howard Gardner has identified seven types of intelligences in children is not big news. What rather is, that according to researchers only three of Gardener

http://www.financialexpress-bd.com/index3.asp?cnd=3/11/2006&section_id=16&newsid=18324&spcl=yes

The walls lack a student-of-the-month plaque, an honor roll list and a trophy display case. Outside the classroom, you won’t find any school group competing in sports or academic contests. Yet, students flock here every day, year-round. Dozens more are on a waiting list.
Welcome to Key Learning Community, the first Indianapolis elementary school to rely on the multiple intelligence theory that learning can’t always be measured by standardized tests. The Indianapolis Public Schools elementary opened in 1987. A middle school followed in 1993, and a high school opened in 1999.

“The New Creative” Learner. (via BoingBoing)

London’s Ravensbourne College is creating a new program called the School of Computing for the Creative Industries. The whole of the coursewear is Creative Commons licensed and the school itself is organized via a wiki.

I love this description (pronoun disagreements aside) on the school site of what they define as “The New Creative”:

The learner-practitioner is the heart and life-blood of the School. We recognise that the creative professional of the future – the new creative – has a distinctive skill-set and an easy relationship with technology. The new creative is a connected citizen, whose passions and campaigns, ideas and innovations appear first on their blog. The new creative uses the internet as an inspirational resource, drawing on that vast, interconnected meme-pool, but returning far more to it than s/he ever withdraws. Fundamentally, the new creative understands that s/he is defined by the impact and credibility of their online presence.

Think of this in a learning context. Learners whose passions and ideas appear first on their blogs, who use the Web as an inspirational resource, and who contribute more than they take. And that they are defined to some extent by the credibility of their online presence. That fits in my own experience, and, I would guess, it fits for many learner/bloggers.
[Source: Weblogg-ed News] [Bill: Online and E-Learning]