Category: Solution

Where are the new models of education?

Sep 9, 2019

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Graeme Smith

in Autonomous learning, Business model generation, change, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, I want a new job, innovation, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, New, Problems, Solution, tech, Technology

If there’s anything in need of inspiration and innovation it’s our education system. How well does our existing system respond to new technology, rising tuition costs and internationalisation? What about the changing demands of learners and employers?
Four Tools For Building Cool Stuff Online: Or How To Start Thinking Outside The Box

Oct 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Antifragile, business, Business improvement, Business model generation, Conference, Conferences, consulting, Corporate, crushing it, Customer Service, data driven, Design, Design Principles, Development, Disrupt, Disruption, Ed, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, edupreneur, Embed literacy and numeracy, Emergent, entrepreneur, Experiment, Export Education, Good Design, Good ideas, Graeme, Graeme Smith, Hacking, Hacks, Hand, I want a new job, I want to work in, innovation, International education, Just do it, Leadership, Lean, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Measurement, Minimum viable, MVP, online, Practitioners, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Software, Solution, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Technology, The rise of the educator-entrepreneur, Transforming, Trend, Trends, Understand more, use data, using data, UX

I went to the Supercharge conference the other day in Wellington. This was a business conference… nothing to do with literacy, numeracy or even education (I know… thank goodness right…?) Lots of cool stuff. The coolest though was the 40-minute presentation by Justin Wilcox of Customer Development Labs. At the start of his presentation, he…
How to win $15 million dollars for developing a literacy and numeracy training solution: Global Learning XPRIZE

Nov 17, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Autonomous learning, Children, Developing countries, Education, Future, Global, How to win, Literacy, Market Failure, Maths, Numeracy, Read, Solution, Sschools, Tablet based, Teachers, Write, XPRIZE

If you could develop a scalable, tablet based, individualised learning solution for teaching basic literacy and numeracy to kids in developing countries, you could win $15 million dollars. It’s a competition and it’s happening right now. You can read about it here on the xPrize website, and I’ve pasted in the details below as well.…