Subject - Education
Innovation and Change resources
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This is just a selection of the thousands of ebooks available
Alternative Universities by
In this exercise in speculative design, Staley proposes ten models of innovation in higher education that expand our ideas of the structure and scope of the university, suggesting possibilities for what its future might look like.
Publication Date: 2019
Innovation and Implementation in Rural Places by
The chapters in this volume are grouped into three parts that explore, in turn, the design features of innovative school-university-community collaborations, some novel approaches to such collaborations, and the contours of parental and community involvement in such collaborations.
Publication Date: 2018
The Future of Innovation and Technology in Education by
The chapters cover topics such as social media's use in learning, virtual learning, innovative pedagogy, data mining, massive open online courses (MOOCs) and sustainable education.
Publication Date: 2018
Emerging Issues and Trends in Education by
Emerging Issues and Trends in Education presents case studies from academics who have all at one point been teachers in K-12 classrooms, addressing topics such as STEM as well as global issues related to race, gender education, education policy, and parental engagement.
Publication Date: 2017
EarthEd (State of the World) by
Topics include systems thinking for kids; the importance of play in early education; social emotional learning; comprehensive sexuality education; indigenous knowledge; sustainable business; medical training to treat the whole person; teaching law in the Anthropocene; and more. EarthEd addresses schooling at all levels of development, from preschool to professional.
Publication Date: 2017
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education by
This book explores the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship through multiple lenses in the context of education.
Publication Date: 2016
Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning by
Contributors to Emergence and Innovation in Digital Learning include individuals who are shaping the future of online learning with their innovative applications and investigations on the impact of issues such as openness, analytics, MOOCs, and social media.
Publication Date: 2016
The Routledge International Handbook of Innovation Education by
The overall goal of the handbook is to address the question of how to develop innovators in general and how to develop the innovative potential of today's young people with exceptional talents in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) disciplines in particular.
Publication Date: 2013
Edupreneur by
Edupreneur will help teachers in all schools to: Identify ways to improve day-to-day practice, overcome the challenges that hamper progress. create new solutions that sidestep old roadblocks ,collaborate with similarly forward-thinking educators
Publication Date: 2016
Hacking Education in a Digital Age by
A collection of theoretical and pedagogical pieces, the chapters in the collection are of value to both scholars and practitioners who share the same passion and commitment to changing, challenging and reimagining the script
Publication Date: 2011
- The OECD Handbook for Innovative Learning Environments The handbook makes good the ILE ambition not just to analyse change but to offer practical help to those around the world determined to innovate their schools and systems
- OECD Blog Global perspectives on education and skills
- A HundrED Education Innovations That Could Change The World by Derek Newton "I write about education, edtech and higher education." HundrED:Look for education innovations that are not only working but scalable. When they find them, HundrED pushes them into a global spotlight where others can see them and take them home.
- HundrED: We help improve education through impactful innovations. HundrED is a global education non profit. Our mission is to help improve education through impactful innovations. Everything we do starts with a child in mind and is based on our manifesto. We work with innovators, educators and funders in all continents.
- Disability Strategy Innovation Program The program will partner with schools to test innovative ideas and build the evidence base for what works for our students.
