Services Trump Membership

Whether games, apps, or memberships, current culture values the experience more than the delivery system.    Paid membership in an association is no longer required to experience interactions with like minds or explore common interests.  Think of the variety of LinkedIn groups or Twitter hashtags.    Several in the association community have been ringing the . . . Read More: Services Trump Membership

Learning Co-Creators

With the daily tsunami of blogs, the content curator plays an important role.  Thanks to SmartBrief, this superb post by Scott Anthony rose to the top for me:  Turning Customer Intelligence into Innovation.  Anthony cites several corporate examples where customer and company come together to create or improve a product.  In essence, they become . . . Read More: Learning Co-Creators

Blended Learning Basics: Content

Blended learning, that combination of f2f and online experiences, offers a kaleidoscope of learning opportunities.    To provide quality education experiences, blended learning must include three basics:  content, process, and product.  One of my mentors, Irving S. Sato, set the framework for education excellence, particularly for gifted and talented students, with these three concepts.    . . . Read More: Blended Learning Basics: Content

Transform Education: Conversation to Action

There has been a flurry of conversation about education in the United States.

MSNBC News launched Education Nation, an interactive conference with continuing media reports, has focused on various facets:  teachers, community colleges, school lunches and health, paying for education.  As mentioned in my post by the same title Education Nation, NBC . . . Read More: Transform Education: Conversation to Action