On the Education Fast Forward debate students from Conway High School in South Carolina pulled together a list of questions on Mobile Learning. Please take a few minutes to respond to the questions and we will collate all the answers and forward onto the students. How...
Aug
31
2014
Using Data
In the beginning… I remember very clearly back in the early 1990s the joy of using email for the first time to communicate with my colleagues. The days of hand written memos being sent around in brown envelopes or placed in pigeon holes slowly became a...
Jul
19
2013
Blog Post: Better Skills, Better Lives, Better Jobs
Special Advisor on Education Policy to OECD’s Secretary-General. He also provides strategic oversight over OECD’s work on the development and utilisation of skills and their social and economic outcomes. This includes the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), the...
Sep
16
2011
The Big Education Debate: Making Learning Relevant
The third Education Fast Forward (EFF) debate takes place on September 26, 2011, supported by Promethean and Cisco. For the first time, you’ll be able to watch the big debate LIVE on Planet, starting at 2 p.m. (GMT + 1) – that’s 9 a.m. EDT. Debating...
Oct
20
2010
Debating the Future of Education – Have Your Say!
Please note the first debate has now taken place. Read on for more information. At EFF, we’re passionate about being at the forefront of educational developments globally. Education Fast Forward (EFF) is a new body, supported by Promethean and Cisco, that brings together leading thinkers and...