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Daniel Pink, author of Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us (2009), gave a fascinating presentation at the 2009 TEDGlobal conference, about motivation and the “mismatch between what science knows and what business does.”

I must admit that I was out of good ideas for an informative blog post this week. I was on the verge of writing about each presidential candidate and their stance on education. Repetitive much? All hope for ingenuity was lost until I stumbled upon this quirky product.

The “OSTRICH”, a pocket pillow that is [...]

From Seward’s office in Lilongwe, Malawi, David reports on part of the development of continuous professional development (CPD) workshops in literacy. This post provides a brief overview of the reality of education in Malawi, and the hope that comes from rich human resources in the country.

All of the holiday gift packaging got me thinking about resuability in international development and education. Can we gift wrap aid packages to be reused as learning material? And what about reusable learning objects? Are Open Educational Resources and Reusable Learning Objects the way for international development?

In late November, Seward participated in the Software & Information Industry Association’s (SIIA) 2011 Innovation Incubator Program. The program is designed to highlight innovative educational technology products and services, as well as be a vehicle for networking and collaboration. Our participation in this program got me thinking about innovation not only in the field of educational technology, but in general.

For quite some time, eLearning producers have relied heavily on the use of flash technologies to provide a consistent, engaging, and media-rich platform for delivering learning material to the widest variety of people. Flash technologies have been the platform of choice because they offer extreme flexibility coupled with deep market penetration.  Having the Flash plugin [...]

Far from being a one-off experiment, Humble Bundles are starting to become a regular fixture of the video gaming marketplace. What does this trend mean for consumers, developers, and the game industry?

Christmas is fast approaching! By now you must be thinking about plans for the holiday season, everything from baking to decorating. The biggest challenge that many of us face as Christmas beckons is deciding on the perfect gift(s) for our loved one(s). Many have fussed over the recently released tech tablets from Apple and Amazon. [...]

As more and more tablets come on the market, the prices have dropped considerably. With the soon to be released Aakash tablet by the UK-based Datawind, the affordability of tablets for education development projects is now a reality.

In the past few years, I have started to hear more and more about online programs for K-12 students, both supplemental programs and full-time programs. As a college student, I took quite a few online courses, but in looking back to my K-12 days, I think it would’ve have been nice to have these options available.