Christensen Institute

JUNE 8, 2022

This piece is authored by Becky Klein-Collins, VP of research and impact at the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) , an organization that’s been a leader in advocating for Credit for Prior Learning (CPL) for nearly 50 years. Click here to learn more about CAEL and its mission. Why shouldn’t that credit count?

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 5, 2022

Students benefit from a range of learning experiences that happen outside of schools and classrooms. Might it be possible to develop learning ecosystems that stack various learning experiences together to create a formal education? In other words, what if our education systems were more like education ecosystems?

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Applying innovation theory lenses to the trends, patterns, news bites, and field data gathered over the course of 2022, here are our education researchers’ favorite blogs that either they or their colleagues have written this year, and the reasoning behind their picks. Robert Markle, research project manager, education.

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Christensen Institute

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

The pandemic cast education technology (edtech) into a starring — and some might argue above-its-paygrade — role in education. For many students and overwhelmed parents, virtual learning became synonymous with isolation. After all, virtual learning was put to the test under dire circumstances. Click To Tweet.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 1, 2022

In our recently published paper titled Leveraging Market-Creating Innovations to Solve Brazil’s Education Paradox , we describe how Brazil currently spends more money on education than its Latin American peers, however much of the outcome of its education system is subpar to theirs in comparison. Thankfully there is hope.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 2, 2020

"Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each." - Plato. Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all." - Aristotle. 7. ." - Buddha.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 7, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings.

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Christensen Institute

MAY 24, 2022

For learning ecosystems to become viable alternatives to schooling for more families, they need “orchestrator” organizations to knit together learning experiences from diverse providers. The pandemic sparked unprecedented interest in new models of learner-centered education, such as learning pods and microschools.

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Christensen Institute

MARCH 14, 2023

It’s about using technology to personalize learning and unlock progress for children who otherwise would struggle to learn to read and do math. Solar panels also help provide lighting in schools, which improves the learning experience for students. They can keep progressing in grade levels, but it doesn’t mean they are learning.

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Christensen Institute

MAY 30, 2023

K-12 education has a perennial hunger for change, improvement and innovation. Meanwhile, priorities such as school discipline reform, instituting culturally affirming curriculum, addressing COVID-19 learning loss, treating a youth mental health epidemic and curtailing educator burnout have been added to the mix.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 26, 2023

In July 2023, our team published “ People-powered pathways: Lessons in how to build students’ social capital through career-connected learning.” In the report, we describe successes and challenges in bringing social capital–building strategies to a variety of educational settings.

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InnovationTraining.org

MAY 3, 2021

Learn about human-centered design in this introductory course from Acumen and IDEO. Throughout the online course, you’ll be guided through a four-step process for designing breakthrough ideas to address problem-solving for real life challenges your organization may be facing.

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Christensen Institute

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Key point: This week, the Christensen Institute and Education Reimagined released a new paper on how value networks either help or hinder learner-centered models. In the 1920s, an educator named Helen Parkhurst set out to create a new instructional model to correct shortcomings in the relatively new system of age-graded public schools.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 16, 2024

Last month, a story by Jonathan Haidt in The Atlantic broke through the firewall that often separates education reform and parenting conversations: people from both my personal and professional network circulated Haidt’s scathing take on the immense costs that smartphones and social media have exacted on children and adolescents. The answer?

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 21, 2022

Right now, learning ecosystems offer flexibility and customizability at the expense of basic functionality and reliability. Over time, learning ecosystems will need to improve on functionality and reliability in order to become attractive alternatives to schooling. Consider an example from outside of education.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Of course, pizza and food would likely drive Jewish students away while fasting on Yom Kippur. In other words, rather than pay for learning, public schools are paid based on enrollment. Small wonder that the focus on learning is so variable and results poor. Such a model would incentivize learning, not just attendance.

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IdeaSpies

AUGUST 19, 2019

University Education – A New Model for a New Era. The consequence to the student is painful, and the cost to our economy is profound: these graduates are taking roles that someone without an expensive university education can easily fill. University education is currently focussed on the Knowledge Model. Healthcare.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 12, 2023

For decades, higher education was defined by rankings lists, with those at the bottom scurrying to catch up to those at the top. Indeed, in a moment of generic gloom about the future of higher education, online institutions have seen their enrollment grow , especially among traditional-aged students. Drive equity from the ground up.

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Christensen Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

As we move through the beginning of 2024, parent power, rethinking assessments, and career and technical education (CTE) for every student are some of the trends rippling through K–12 education. Here are six top trends for educators, parents, and policymakers to understand. But the breakneck growth has slowed.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 8, 2017

Over the past few weeks, or is it months or is it even years, I have been constantly thinking through how we are learning in our innovation understanding. Digital Learning does not mean learning on your phone, it means “bringing learning to where employees are.” For me, one light bulb went on.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

But this does not always have to be the case when it comes to learning. Training need not be confined to purely necessary courses and qualifications. Creative courses can also spill over into your employees’ work. You can also extend peer-to-peer teaching to personal development courses. Teach Something Creative.

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The Human Factor

JANUARY 25, 2020

If you’re thinking of furthering your education but you don’t know whether or not it is the right decision for you then don’t worry, you have definitely come to the right place. Whether you’re looking for a way to grow your business or you want to learn a new skill, furthering your education is a great place to start.

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Business and Tech

MARCH 21, 2023

Delivery of IT education has not changed significantly in the past 10 years. Although there are exciting developments in machine learning, the broad topic of artificial intelligence dates back to the 1950s. IT education is just the starting point to a career. Keep learning and looking around for the need you can fill.

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Christensen Institute

JULY 26, 2022

In all the buzz about education in times of COVID, here’s some news you might not have seen: According to our recent survey conducted in partnership with Bay View Analytics, 97% of teachers reported in April 2022 that they were teaching in-person. Flipped Classroom: Make the most of independent and in-class learning. Click To Tweet.

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Christensen Institute

AUGUST 2, 2022

As the pandemic accelerated growth in the online education space, major accrediting organizations and exam boards turned their attention to online learning and to experienced online schools, like King’s InterHigh , to source expertise and partnership. Accreditations by EdExcel, Pearson, and Cambridge International soon followed.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 4, 2022

In K–12 education, it’s hard to find value networks that can support new organizational models. When Disrupting Class was published in 2008, it predicted that by the fall of 2019, 50% of all high school courses would be delivered online in some form or fashion. This isn’t to say that digital learning technologies have disappeared.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 11, 2022

A wealth of research has shown how powerful reflection is for learning and development. In my own research on high-impact leadership development programs, we found learning happened through reflection activities. Please contact us to learn more about the reflection workshop or session we can lead for your group virtually or onsite.

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Christensen Institute

APRIL 7, 2022

At the end of each piece, we ask one of our education researchers to weigh in on what Theories of Disruptive Innovation have to say about the innovation. Education has no shortage of challenges. With CBE, students understand how the competencies they master are preparing them for their next course and ultimately their next job.

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Innovation in Practice

MARCH 1, 2021

Can you learn to be more creative? . There are lots of ways for you to learn about systematic creativity. Although these apps are very beneficial to educators and practitioners, it’s also for everyone who wants to get down deeper into the nuts and bolts of how the SIT method works. . Alpe Audio.

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Christensen Institute

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In recent conversations, educators and state policymakers have expressed shock to me that district schools aren’t innovating more. The problem is that none of these policies equate to learning outcomes. To take one example, think of the student who masters the material in a math course within half a year.

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Christensen Institute

OCTOBER 5, 2023

In the 2010s, coding bootcamps caught the higher education world’s imagination. If you don’t have a barrier to entry, competitors can offer something similar, often undercutting your price, particularly if they didn’t have to make the investments in learning or R&D that allowed you to create the business in the first place.

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Christensen Institute

JANUARY 2, 2024

To state the obvious, 2023 has been a tumultuous year in higher education. The decline in enrollment in higher education, disruptive alternatives to higher education, demographic declines, and the continued rise in spending by higher education. Online learning will continue to have its moment, but a shakeout is beginning.

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Daniel Burrus

OCTOBER 16, 2019

While several companies are on course to use artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL), others hardly understand the fundamental differences between these powerful technologies. Machine Learning ? Deep Learning. The Power of Shared Understandings and Definitions.

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Christensen Institute

JULY 25, 2023

Key points: The metrics used to gauge the quality of conventional schooling can hinder the growth and innovation of microschools, learning centers, and homeschool co-ops. These are interesting times on the frontiers of K–12 education. Microschools, learning pods, and more are changing the game. RedefiningEducation.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 21, 2022

These are some of the top questions people have about learning experience design (LXD). Read on for the answer summaries for each frequent asked question about designing learning experiences. What is learning experience design and why is it important? How do I get started with learning experience design?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Why take a course on innovation? What they learned was to be problem solvers, not innovators. This gap can be bridged by learning. List of courses. This is a round-up of short-term online courses for decision-makers who oversee driving innovation in their respective organizations. Course duration : 9 weeks.

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Christensen Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Removed from the habit of traditional schooling, increasing numbers of families are opting for alternative forms of education for their children. The flight from public school districts that started while schools were closed isn’t reversing course. They want smaller class sizes, multiple learning sites, and flexible scheduling.

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