Manu Kapur developed the concept of “Productive Failure.” In the second part of BOLD’s interview, he talks about tacit and explicit knowledge and points out that technology will eventually be the primary means of conveying the latter, but not the former. He explains why standardized tests don’t prepare learners for real life and he presents a positive example of an education policy intervention.
“Productive Failure produces learning outcomes for the 21st century”
Alice Cherestes, interim Director of the Freshman Program in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences; and Teresa Zatylny, Administrative Student Affairs Coordinator in the…
Congratulations to Jailson Lima (Vanier College) recipient of the 2018 Beaumier Award from the Chemical Institute of Canada. Sponsored by the Beaumier Churcott Foundation, the…
The 2018 London Festival of Learning brought together the following three communities, ICLS, L@S, and AIED. SALTISE was well represented by several of our colleagues, who…