To help speed learning, Mitra has recruited hundreds of "grannies, " volunteers from the United Kingdom, many of them retired teachers, who function more in the role of "grandparents" than teachers, skypeing into learning environments around the world, encouraging students to do their best and praising their achievements.
There is also a learning crisis: around the world, 250 million children of primary school age cannot read or write, whether they are in school or not.
There is also a learning crisis: around the world, at least 250 million children of primary school age cannot read or write, whether they are in school or not.
Yes, massive open online courses allow anyone with an Internet connection to log on and learn, but does it meet the learning needs of every student around the world?
This initiative is about accelerating the adoption of sustainable practices across the spectrum of American health care, and building a global learning community so hospitals around the world can learn from each other as they travel on the path toward healthier people, healthier communities and a healthier planet.
The question is, how do we offer students deep, transformative learning experiences in educational institutions around the world?
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For me, discovering and learning new dishes from around the world is the best use case for the app.
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It is her mission to motivate young children, teach them to love learning and to question the world around them.
Throughout the year, Partners in Learning hosts a series of professional development events and competitions around the world for teachers and school leaders.
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Additionally, the Braille code opens doors of literacy and learning to countless individuals with visual impairments across our country and around the world, and we must work with advocates and leaders throughout our society to promote and improve Braille literacy among our students.
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ThinkQuest is an international academic competition for students to produce sets of Web pages as teaching and learning tools for use by teachers and students around the world.
These and other education investments leverage technology in ways that make learning easier, faster and more rewarding--from facilitating distance learning, to constructing computer labs, to providing cutting-edge equipment to innovative teachers around the world.
It's about instilling in a young person a love of learning and a sense of possibility in their own lives, an understanding of the world around them that will serve them no matter what they do.
And I was able to discuss learning with TED curator Chris Anderson, who has described how the Internet is encouraging people around the world to develop skills, such as the ability to learn to play musical instruments, that might have previously been out of reach.
It goes on to outline a variety of ways in which broadband is improving the lives of people around the world, in m-health, distance education and m-learning, via m-payment systems, and in improving the lives of women, promoting innovation and fostering the acquisition of new skills.
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