Learning & Education Articles
ASCD: Grown Up Digital and the Transformation of Learning
Don Tapscott's keynote at the ASCD 2010 conference on the future of education, the focus of his book, Grown Up Digital.
Top trends and developments for 2011
Thanks largely to the Internet, long-standing monopolies and power imbalances are being challenged as more people from more regions of the world connect, collaborate, and compete on the global stage. Young digital natives everywhere are questioning the historic...
MindShare Interview
A MindShare Learning Moment with Don Tapscott on the Future of Learning and Macrowikinomics.
Needed: A New Model of Pedagogy
The film Waiting for Superman has sparked heated discussion about the failures of the U.S. public school system, and more broadly with public education everywhere. The movie argues that teachers are at the center of the problem and that the solution is charter...
World Business Forum: Rebooting Business, Education and Government
Don Tapscott on rebooting business, education and government and the net generation at the World Business Forum in Milan.
CBC: On Facebook and Grades
Don Tapscott responds to results from a study suggesting university students on Facebook receive lower grades.
Negroponte offers good advice to India’s $35 computer project
Nicholas Negroponte, founder and chair of the One Laptop per Child Foundation, just posted an open letter to the Indian government, offering to share his hard-earned expertise and help the government achieve its recently announced goal to distribute a $35 tablet...
Net Gen Education Challenge extended to June 6
The Net Gen Education Challenge deadline has been extended to midnight, June 6. This is the second year for the Challenge, where students are asked to produce a video illustrating how the social web nurtures teaching, learning, collaboration, and innovation for the...
It's a wrap on MacroWikinomics
I should apologize and explain why I haven’t posted anything for a number of weeks. I’ve been working around-the-clock with co-author Anthony D. Williams on the final draft of MacroWikinomics. This morning the book went into production, meaning it’s pretty much out...