Learning & Education Articles

The End of Non-Fiction Books?

What appetite exists for a world where there are no more non-fiction books, but non-fiction apps? CBC Radio’s Laura Di Battista discussed the idea with business thinker Don Tapscott, who’s just launched his latest venture, the Don Tapscott app.

Discovery Learning is the New Higher Learning

The university is in danger of losing its monopoly, and for good reason. The most visible threat are the new online courses, many of them free, with some of the best professors in their respective fields.

On CBC’s Ideas: ReCivilization, Part 2: Open-Source Knowledge

Don Tapscott looks at the transformation of education and science. The sharing of knowledge is moving from the industrial-age model of one-way communication from teacher to student, to collaborative, discovery-driven learning, enabled by the web.

Will the Internet Obsolete Alumni Associations?

I recently spent a day lecturing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. At a small lunch hosted by President Jared Cohon, I met Andy Shaindlin — the very thoughtful head of Alumni Relations & Annual Giving.

ReCivilization Episode 2: Open Source Knowledge, Education and Science

In episode two of ReCivilization, Don looks at the transformation of education and science, and how the sharing of knowledge is moving from the industrial-age model of a one-way broadcast from teacher to student to collaborative, discovery-driven learning, enabled by the web. He also examines a new model for science that favours open data over isolated, patent-driven research.