On the second day, there will be discussion and debate on the design and implementation of the research programme, including the benchmarking of national lifelong learning systems on recognition practices and qualifications frameworks.

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Motivated by recent studies that show the high impact of research-based experiences on learning, Georgetown now employs Echo360 to expose more students in large lectures and general education courses to research.

FORBES: Digital Teaching Promises to Improve Grades

We had the exciting opportunity on Saturday morning to meet with some of these students while checking out their exhibits, learning about their research, and talking about what inspires them.

WHITEHOUSE: Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog

He later became a neuroscientist, now at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, spending most of his career doing basic research on how the brain's cells form connections during learning.

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In the 2004 presidential election, just 47 percent of 18-to 24 year-old citizens voted, compared to 66 percent of citizens 25 and older, according to The Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement.

NPR: Obama Draws Record Number Young People

Cue the growing ranks of top universities and hoards of school teachers who freely share their resources, teaching and learning research and lesson ideas on the web.

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Most strikingly, Mr Gore is interested in science: his famous concern for the chemical balance of environment is matched by similar passions for the Internet, the genome map, new research on learning.

ECONOMIST: 2001: A Gore Odyssey

Basing its statistics on the new research, the charity Mencap believes the failure to properly understand the health needs of people with learning disabilities results in 1, 238 people in England dying needlessly each year.

BBC: Early death link to learning disabilities 'shocking'