Seth Godin makes a critical point for instructional materials. The platforms are changing all around us. Mobile phones, iPad, Kindle, Android, white boards, Moodle, etc. Are you paying attention? I refer you to four part series about technology substitution in the textbook publishing industry. Don’t write the changes we are…
How can technology and innovation reshape education? Union Square Ventures put on Hacking Education – a conference that brought educators and entrepreneurs together to hash this out. Unfortunately they didn’t have any practitioners from the education technology and publishing industries there. After reviewing the well written summary of the discussion…
In times of disruptive change the cutting edge is the safest place to be. To many people this seems counterintuitive. If there is rapid change the inclination of most people is to circle the wagons around the familiar. But, when the market is moving, breaking camp and moving forward is…