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"How do you train an Innovator? We are born curious. We are born with imagination. The first challenge is to ensure that these very human qualities are not schooled out of us, as Sir Ken Robinson says. Beyond that, in my research, I identified five essential education and parenting practices that develop young people's capacities to innovate: 1. Learning to work collaboratively (innovation is a team sport!). 2. Learning to understand problems from a multi-disciplinary perspective. 3. Learning to take risks and learn from mistakes. 4. Focusing on creating versus consuming. 5. Reinforcing the intrinsic motivations of play, passion, and purpose versus the extrinsic carrots and sticks."

One prominent example of a successful program for preventing plagiarism is found at Turnitin.com. This is a group of dedicated professionals working to stop the spread of Internet plagiarism and promote new technologies in education. Their team is an eclectic mix of former teachers, doctoral students, designers, computer scientists, and business professionals located in Oakland,California.

" "The University of South Africa is implementing fundamental pedagogical and curricular delivery improvements that will have a positive impact on their 330,000 students. I am honored to be selected as a team member for this exciting and transformative project."

Announcing the 2018 WCET Outstanding Work (WOW) Awards! https://t.co/zZT6yk4ZKt Congratulations to each of these institutions! #WCETAward #WCET18 https://t.co/8uJx3edm04 congrats @alexpickett and @OpenSUNYCOTE team for #OSCQR recognition! wonderful resource open to all! congrats to all the other winners as well! https://t.co/Ngxx7nxC1U

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Video has supported education for many years, and in online courses instructional videos are often a key component. To learn more about compelling video, a team at the Columbia University School of Continuing Education examined analytics from the video hosting platform and recruited 10 students to participate in in-depth interviews.