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Hello readers,
Today we report on how the so-called "silver wave" is changing the workplace worldwide, learn about a methodology to implement Challenge-based learning, and reflect on the new digitalization project launched by Pearson.
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In the near future, people over 60 will comprise an essential part of the workforce. Universities, education institutions, and employers must be ready to offer them the education, care, and job conditions they need.
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Challenge-based Learning is an educational strategy that involves the student in a real problematic situation, relevant and related to the environment. In this article, you will know a general methodology applicable to any university that wishes to incorporate challenges as part of its academic practices.
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Pearson announced the digitization of more than 1500 of its U.S. titles and future publications. Should everyone rejoice after this news? Some experts do not think so.
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The creative industry has grown by leaps and bounds in the last decade, as well as the educational opportunities, formal and informal, to develop in the field.
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Grades Can Hinder Learning. What Should Professors Use Instead?
Instead of giving a final exam, professor Susan D. Blum held short one-on-one meetings with each of her students to discuss what they had learned. (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
Innovation In Education Takes Many Forms
College Unbound is a Bachelor’s degree completion program designed "to use who you are -- you’re 49 years old, you’re 35 years old -- use that experience to get out and to be transformed.” (Forbes)
Why Innovation Labs Fail, and How to Ensure Yours Doesn’t
A study found that up to 90% of innovation labs fail. Why? Three keywords: alignment, metrics, balance. (HBR)
Forget new crewed missions in space. NASA should focus on saving Earth.
The impossible problem today is not the moon. And it’s not Mars. It’s our home planet. (The Washington Post)
My Frantic Life as a Cab-Dodging, Tip-Chasing Food App Deliveryman
Food couriers are “the most vulnerable workers in digital labor.” (The New York Times)
A new immersive classroom uses AI and VR to teach Mandarin Chinese
In collaboration with IBM Research, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) students will learn the language by haggling with street vendors on a virtual Beijing street. (MIT Technology Review)
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“I'm drowning in debt for a piece of paper I never received.”
Says Ashlee, 27 years old, who took out about $12,000 in loans to go to college right after she graduated from high school in 2010. Now she's in default and owes more than she did when she took her loans out. "Nobody should be in this position," she says. Some of the people struggling the most to pay back their debt are the millions of students who took out student loans but never finished a degree.
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