"Through the blog discussion, quiz, and assignment requirements students became more knowledgeable and confident in their studies. This confidence resulted in a cycle of learning success."

"Micro-labs are small learning communities centered around answering a question, not mastering standardized content/skills."

Joel Spolsky argues for a different type of capstone project for universities. The key is projects that reflect real-world working environments.

Jeff Jarvis' notes from his TEDxNYed talk on the irrelevancy of the current education model.

A call for collaborative learning in the 21st-Century university. A much needed change if universities are to stay relevant.

A quick summary of some of the key points from the 2010 K-12 Horizon Project Advisory Board.

"That said, there are two particular skills alluded to above that I would hope to see quickly worked in to some of the competing metrics – collaboration and long-term time management. I’ve never seen a standardized test that probed either skill and yet, I can’t think of any two more important to my daily success."

We need a way to track the information that is flowing through our consumption patterns. It should be semantic and smart in the way that it tracks knowledge.