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How Technology Is Disrupting Learning

Paul Barter | Posted 04.21.2013 | Canada
Read More: Online Learning, Digital Media, Education, Blended Learning, Digital Education, Digital, Education Reform, Mars, Khan Academy, Technology, Coursera Online, Canada News
Paul Barter

Remember a company called Blockbuster? What about Sam the Record Man? Think of those companies and what became of them and their industries in the digital world. Now turn your thoughts to learning. Digital technologies are disrupting it in the same way that they disrupted Blockbuster.

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Adventure Based Learning Brings Botswana, B.C. Youth Together

George Agnes | Posted 03.28.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Botswana Water, Impossible2possible, Online Learning, Education, Ray Zahab, Adventure Based Learning, Vancouver, Water, Sfu, Bc Schools, Bc Education, Canada British Columbia News
George Agnes

I've seen thousands of experiments conducted in my day. But nothing prepared me for the ultimate educational experiment — watching seven youth each run 180 kilometres across Botswana's Kalahari Desert to better understand the value of something we take for granted here in the Pacific Northwest: water.

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Online Learning Brings Democracy In Education

Nikolas Badminton | Posted 12.30.2012 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Isaac Asimov, Coursera, Democracy, Education, University of British Columbia, Ubc, Online Learning, Distance Education, Codecademy, Video, Canada British Columbia News
Nikolas Badminton

The advancements in online learning have meant that more and more high-quality education is available to all Canadians and students around the world. In this article I want to highlight some visionary companies that are pursuing education that takes society towards a more democratic approach to education.

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