Where will the jobs be in the 21st century, and how can the next generation of people prepare to perform them? Several Entrepreneur Journeys interviews with executives of online or blended universities have offered their perspective on how to help people, on a large scale, learn what they need to know to work in today’s world.
Technology is addressing the dysfunctions in education. Read more in this week’s Forbes column.
To teach, train and retrain millions of people, online education is the only scalable option. To see why, read this week’s Zero In: The Education Solution.
One of the recent aims of Deal Radar 2009 is to feature entrepreneurs who, undeterred by job losses, a consumption slowdown and a faltering global economy, are bravely moving forward with plans to start their own companies. Adayana, which develops interactive training programs delivered through web sites and software as well as classroom-based courses, was
Grockit, which describes its approach as “Learning 2.0”, is developing tools to harness the power of the Internet to help the world learn. It began by helping students prepare for standardized tests and is now developing a learning game that will allow students from all over the world to teach each other, thereby creating an innovative method for people to learn online. The