Value of EdTech in Building Lifelong Learning Systems
On Fri, 25th August I had the honour to lead a webinar hosted by the Organization of American States (OAS) on the value of education technology (EdTec...
28 August, 2017
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5 reasons why XPRIZE will drastically advance adult literacy
How are we going to clean the oceans? Convert CO₂ emissions into valuable products? Turn air into drinking water? XPRIZE is a nonprofit that uses gl...
04 August, 2017
Theresa’s Cell-Ed Story: From cell phone lessons to a job
The Coalition on Adult Basic Education A recent Cell-Ed story was highlighted by the Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE). THE CHALLENGE ...
31 July, 2017
How wrongly defining “low-skilled workers” torpedoes workforce development success
Words that I only heard sporadically at ed tech conferences a few years ago – “foundational skills,” “entry level skills,” “basic skills...
25 May, 2017
Who believes workers are lacking in skills? Maybe workers do
“The jobs are there, but the skills are not,” one executive said during meetings last month between the President and manufacturing CEOs. ...
16 March, 2017
Reflections on eLearning, ‘lean learning’ & learner-centered mlearning
Thanks to Ajay Pangarka for his provocative piece, “eLearning is Dead! Long Live Lean Learning!”1 As a 20-year practitioner of Information Communi...
16 March, 2017
Poverty, Prosperity, Education and Cell-Ed
A recent World Bank report titled Poverty & Shared Prosperity 2016: Taking on Inequality1 makes for riveting reading if you are interested in how ...
21 February, 2017
Cell-Ed Builds Bridges and Pathways with Important Immigrant Partners
Cell-Ed continues to build bridges and pathways for #immigrants and #refugees to become full participants in a #democracy. #english #onthego. At a ...
04 February, 2017
So, this is success and what we strive for
Meet Senobia, an English second language learner from Texas and someone who symbolizes success. Senobia recently completed the Cell-Ed English course,...
12 December, 2016
STANDING ROCK, EMPOWERMENT & LEARNING
Sunday, Dec 4 was important in the history of peaceful resistance in the USA. The halting of the Dakota Access pipeline at Standing Rock is a major vi...
05 December, 2016
Designing from the Bottom Up: A Partnership with New York State’s Office for New Americans
The path to a powerful and enduring partnership is paved with important lessons that are worth sharing. Instead of building walls to keep people out, ...
29 November, 2016
US Elections, Jobs & Essential Skills
There is no lack of coverage on the recent US elections and the fractures they have caused among the populous. Fractures we can argue stem from very d...
21 November, 2016
A National Award for Cell-Ed Learners
“To study all I needed to do was call and I’d be studying within one second – anytime!” Briseida achieved 97% literacy using C...
20 November, 2016
The Power of Research in Designing and Delivering EdTech that Matters
Cell-Ed was pleased to be honored by Digital Promise and Teacher’s College at Columbia University for its use of evaluation research, which und...
17 November, 2016
The Role of Technology in the School Education Value-Chain
Organization of American States Building Pathways for ICT in Education Conference Oct 20-21, 2016, St George’s, Grenada The Role of Technology in th...
14 November, 2016
Chief Global Officer presents at OAS ‘Building Pathways for ICT in Education’ Dialogue in the Caribbean
Senior Ministry of Education Officials from the Eastern Caribbean Sates and the Organization of American States convened a dialogue focused on the rol...
24 October, 2016
From Precision Health to Precision Education, Co-Designing Solutions for Cancer Survivors
Collaboration is a driving force in Cell-Ed’s work. It is through collaboration that Latinas Contra el Cancer and Cell-Ed joined forces this past Se...
22 September, 2016
Cities & Food Conference – The Role of mLearning and Cell-Ed
The University of the Fraser Valley (British Columbia, Canada), in partnership with The Aga Khan University (Kenya) and the Queen Elizabeth Scholars P...
15 June, 2016