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Innovation in Education: How Universities can Benefit from Dedicated Software

Qmarkets

It’s natural to consider education and innovation as mutually compatible. Innovation in Education: A Proud History DNA, Genetic Fingerprinting, CDs, Computers, and the Internet. This is just a short list of some of the greatest innovations that have been made within institutions of higher education.

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Chan Zuckerberg Initiative’s head of education on supporting student, educator wellbeing

Christensen Institute

As schools have reopened and the challenges facing children remain as glaring as ever, education philanthropy has a significant role to play in how schools innovate and tackle many of these issues. These grants help build a body of research about student learning and development. Student wellbeing and teachers as the locus of change.

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How University Collaborations Can Drive Private Sector Innovation

Idea to Value

The typical goals of this sort of collaboration are better solutions and disrupting economic development — ultimately, it’s an early pipeline of new technologies. The collaborative process can also teach a seasoned team a lot about resiliency, agility, and dynamic thinking. Including Higher Education in Professional Innovation.

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Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future

Tullio Siragusa

Design Thinking in Education: Shaping Creative Minds for the Future In a world characterized by rapid changes and complex challenges, the traditional education model, which primarily focuses on the dissemination of knowledge, is increasingly proving to be insufficient.

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We hear you: 3 insights learned from our inaugural education readership survey, and how we’re responding

Christensen Institute

These are the critical questions the Christensen Institute’s education team aimed to answer in its inaugural readership survey, conducted February 1-15, and which received 92 responses. Below, we delve into the three key takeaways from your input, and how the education team is responding. What we learned. You need help. .

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Podcasting for learning—and an antidote to screen time?

Christensen Institute

The potential of podcasts to support healthy development and learning makes this a trend worth jumping on for kids, parents, and teachers alike. In the classroom, educators are leveraging podcasts to make learning more engaging, personalized, and real-world connected. The most popular reason: “podcasts are fun to listen to.”

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Predicting innovation trajectories in K–12 education

Christensen Institute

There are lots of promising innovations in tiny pockets of the education system, but decades of advocacy and investment have failed to see those innovations scale. Local, state, and federal education agencies—also influenced by democratic governance—mandate processes a district must follow.