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The World is Flat - MIT World Video Lecture - 0 views

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Thomas Friedman globalization technology video lecture

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Alicia Fernandez on 04 Jun 14

Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.</div>

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Alicia Fernandez on 04 Jun 14

Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Tom Friedman's video lecture about his bestselling book about his concept that the world has been flattened by globalization and technology. The metaphor serves for viewing the world as a place where academic and economic opportunities are available to a much wider playing field than in the past century.</div>

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A Well Rounded Education for a Flat World - 0 views

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higher education flat world transformational learning

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Alicia Fernandez on 04 Jun 14

With today's global competition, there is increasing concern about the nature and quality of higher education. One set of concerns focuses on higher education's purpose - should it be practical and graduate well equipped students to supply a competitive workforce? Or, should it rather explore what some critics label "romantic" notions of a liberal education with broad ideas and values to prepare students for democratic citizenship? The authors argue that for students to be successful in today's global economy, higher education must recognize and emphasize that practical and liberal education are tightly coupled, and that students' academic, developmental, interpersonal and experiential lives are entwined. Colleges must move from traditional education to what we term transformational learning.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">With today's global competition, there is increasing concern about the nature and quality of higher education. One set of concerns focuses on higher education's purpose - should it be practical and graduate well equipped students to supply a competitive workforce? Or, should it rather explore what some critics label "romantic" notions of a liberal education with broad ideas and values to prepare students for democratic citizenship? The authors argue that for students to be successful in today's global economy, higher education must recognize and emphasize that practical and liberal education are tightly coupled, and that students' academic, developmental, interpersonal and experiential lives are entwined. Colleges must move from traditional education to what we term transformational learning.</div>

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Alicia Fernandez on 04 Jun 14

With today's global competition, there is increasing concern about the nature and quality of higher education. One set of concerns focuses on higher education's purpose - should it be practical and graduate well equipped students to supply a competitive workforce? Or, should it rather explore what some critics label "romantic" notions of a liberal education with broad ideas and values to prepare students for democratic citizenship? The authors argue that for students to be successful in today's global economy, higher education must recognize and emphasize that practical and liberal education are tightly coupled, and that students' academic, developmental, interpersonal and experiential lives are entwined. Colleges must move from traditional education to what we term transformational learning.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">With today's global competition, there is increasing concern about the nature and quality of higher education. One set of concerns focuses on higher education's purpose - should it be practical and graduate well equipped students to supply a competitive workforce? Or, should it rather explore what some critics label "romantic" notions of a liberal education with broad ideas and values to prepare students for democratic citizenship? The authors argue that for students to be successful in today's global economy, higher education must recognize and emphasize that practical and liberal education are tightly coupled, and that students' academic, developmental, interpersonal and experiential lives are entwined. Colleges must move from traditional education to what we term transformational learning. </div>

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A great book about how world trade began - 0 views

To understand what Thomas Friedman's book is about: The World is Flat - it is good to start by reading an excellent book on the history of food and other trade. That book is by Felipe Fernandez A...

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Fair Trade, one of the cures for a Flat World - 0 views

I want to share this information with you about an important topic of Fair Trade and Farmer stability. http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/templates/organicexports/docs/Market_Organic_FT_Coffee.pd

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Banning Student Containers ny Alan November - 0 views

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web2.0 banning november online teaching education

shared by Joan Erickson on 03 Jun 10 - Cached

He cannot post the official notes that day so those who subscribe to his teacher’s math blog via an RSS feed can read what’s going on in his class. His assignments do not automatically turn into communities of discussion where students help each other at any time of the day. His school has successfully blocked the cool containers Dan uses at home from “contaminating” any rigorous academic content. It is an irony that in too many schools, educators label these effective learning tools as hindrances to teaching
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If we could get past our fear of the unknown and embrace the very tools we are blocking (which are also essential tools for the global economy) then we could build much more motivating and rigorous learning environments. We also have an opportunity to teach the ethics and the social responsibility that accompany the use of such powerful tools. For example, many students do not realize that once something is on the Internet it has the potential to follow them for the rest of their lives.
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The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman
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Joan Erickson on 03 Jun 10

I find Alan November's message interesting. My students are not much older than his son. This is how they learn?!

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">I find Alan November's message interesting. My students are not much older than his son. This is how they learn?!</div>

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A Well Rounded Education in a Flat World - 0 views

muir.ucsd.edu/...CollegeOutcomesProject.pdf

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Nicole Arduini-Van Hoose on 13 Aug 11

Outlines the debate between content and skill acquisition in education

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Outlines the debate between content and skill acquisition in education</div>

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