Sentences with phrase «learning ecosystems in»

There is a healthy and growing appetite to create robust, digital learning ecosystems in schools throughout Rhode Island.

Diversifying educator roles promises to enable learning ecosystems in providing learners with the best possible support.

«The Blumberg Institute is an ideal environment for graduate students to focus their career interests while gaining access to what may be an unprecedented learning ecosystem in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,» said Timothy Block, Ph.D., president and co-founder of the Blumberg Institute and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center of Bucks County.

Not exact matches

Zuckerberg made multiple stops throughout his visit to Nigeria, where he said he would be «meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria.»

She states that it is the energy, networking, and learning opportunity in the startup ecosystem that gets entrepreneurs motivated despite the city's internal issues.

Fire is part of ecosystems in much of the world, so societies must learn to live with it.

In fact, Cross believes Hudson Yards will be learning a good deal about campus - wide ecosystems.

Atlanta - based David Nour, author of Relationship Economics and Return on Impact, tells me by email that employers should look for specific nature and nurture qualities in candidates: «professional pedigree, in particular the lessons they've learned along the way, the relationship ecosystem they've developed, and how they overcome otherwise insurmountable obstacles.»

No matter your role in this ecosystem, there's something we all can learn.

The «Volta Advantage» includes having access to top talent — Nova Scotia has 30,000 university students, and Volta is directly connected to the student community and physically located next to Dalhousie University; engaging in skill development activities, such as mentoring, lunch and learns, executive training; and leveraging innovation ecosystems beyond the region to engage expertise and talent tailored to the outpost's mandate.

The PDC works within the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem to create learning & mentorship opportunities for aspiring innovators that will provide them with a sound foundation in technical and social entrepreneurship, give them the opportunity to engage in the experience and explore their possibilities for success.

The lesson to be learned is to stop imposing human moral values on nature and to live as part of the ecosystem in such a way that the whole flourishes.

«In the family,» writes Francis, «we first learn how to show love and respect for life; we are taught the proper use of things, order and cleanliness, respect for the local ecosystems and care for all creatures.

By tracing the journey of bananas from tropical farms in Honduras to their breakfast tables, students will learn about the origin of one of their favorite foods and how they are connected to ecosystems and cultures that may seem very distant.

Explore the caves & caverns as you learn about the flora, fauna and the area ecosystems in intimate groups.

Following our guide along the trail we learned all about the local river ecosystem, local history and culture, and got to put our eyes and hands on a wide variety of plants — sharpening our observation skills in the process.

Whether viewing an osprey's nest in the spring or checking out schools of juvenile menhaden during the late - summer, Long Pasture's kayak trips around Cape Cod are fantastic ways to get your feet wet and learn about the region's dynamic ecosystem.

Dive in with Shedd Aquarium and other Chicago - area 6th - through 12th - grade students to explore local ecosystems while earning service - learning hours!

I'll be meeting with developers and entrepreneurs, and learning about the startup ecosystem in Nigeria.

Environmental Day: Come to River Park on Boston Road and East 180th Street at 10 a.m. to learn the important part trees and other fauna play in our ecosystem.

Says Dr Jonah Choiniere, co-author and Senior Researcher in Dinosaur Palaeobiology at the ESI at Wits University: «This new animal shines a spotlight on southern Africa and shows us just how much more we have to learn about the ecosystems of the past, even here in our own «backyard».

Instead of the neat green and yellow strips that we learned about in geography class, denoting jungle, desert and so on, the planet is now divided into a complex mosaic of different human - influenced ecosystems.

Vargas plans to work with professionals at DNREC and the St. Jones Reserve, as well as with Amy Trauth - Nare, senior associate director of UD's Professional and Continuing Studies, to develop a module using phenomena driven instruction — or place - based instruction, such as learning at the St. Jones Reserve — to specifically address topics on carbon and energy exchange in ecosystems.

Poinar is a world leader in examining such specimens and using them to learn more about prehistoric ecosystems.

In a column in The New York Times last October science writer George Johnson likened Hawaiian's opposition to the telescope to the Catholic Church's oppression of Galileo, and suggested that the indigenous protesters were pawns of environmentalists who «have learned that a few traditionally dressed natives calling for the return of sacred lands can draw more attention than arguments over endangered species and fragile ecosystems.&raquIn a column in The New York Times last October science writer George Johnson likened Hawaiian's opposition to the telescope to the Catholic Church's oppression of Galileo, and suggested that the indigenous protesters were pawns of environmentalists who «have learned that a few traditionally dressed natives calling for the return of sacred lands can draw more attention than arguments over endangered species and fragile ecosystems.&raquin The New York Times last October science writer George Johnson likened Hawaiian's opposition to the telescope to the Catholic Church's oppression of Galileo, and suggested that the indigenous protesters were pawns of environmentalists who «have learned that a few traditionally dressed natives calling for the return of sacred lands can draw more attention than arguments over endangered species and fragile ecosystems.»

«Moreover, the defensive lessons learned now combined with ongoing research in flaviviral immunology and genetic mosquito vector control will better prepare us for the next arthropod - borne pandemic in our changing world ecosystem.»

But oil may affect the complex Amazon ecosystem in unexpected ways, so that lessons learned in marine spills may not apply.

«As we learn more about deep sea ecosystems and the role of oceans in mitigating climate change, it seems wise to take precautions to avoid damage that could have long - lasting and unforeseen consequences.»

Yet now researchers are learning that just as human quirks and temperaments shape our lives and the world around us, the behavior patterns of individual animals affect their role in their ecosystem, their prospects for survival, and, ultimately, their evolution.

This project, Plant STEM for K - 12 Education, will incorporate STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) into activities that encourage children at eight public schools to learn more about plants» roles in ecosystems, their uses for medicine, materials and fuels.

Shannon then sequences the DNA of the biological samples to learn more about how the life in each unique ecosystem survives in such harsh conditions.

We now aim to reconstruct the genomes of a number of dominant bacterioplankton species in the Baltic to learn about their ecosystem functions», says Anders Andersson.

«We're looking for fossils of backboned animals that were living in Antarctica at the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs, so we can learn more about how the devastating extinction that happened right afterward might have affected polar ecosystems.»

You will learn about how spending time inside can alter the makeup of your microbiome, and how a new approach to farming — called Ecological Farming — can improve the state of our soil and maintain important ecosystems in food production.

However, in recent years the eLearning industry has begun to view the eLearning environment as a self - sustaining ecosystem that provides learners with the tools and surroundings they need to achieve their learning objectives.

In this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Factor examines the value of blended learning in the schoolwide ecosysteIn this edition of the Harvard EdCast, Factor examines the value of blended learning in the schoolwide ecosystein the schoolwide ecosystem.

Currently VP of Education for Almost Family Inc., he served as National Leader for Curriculum and Technology Solutions with Humana Inc., serving a global learning community focused on improving performance in the business ecosystem.

Framing the solution as a disruptive innovation — to start small with a small investment; gain organic adoption over time from the ground up; begin with a primitive solution and iterate to improve gradually and unpredictably as it grew and learned what customers did or did not in fact want; be patient for growth but impatient for evidence of success and sustainability; and avoid the limelight and pushback from an ecosystem's incumbent organizations — as opposed to being the one - perfect solution or infrastructure with a massive up - front cost, could result (and still may very well result for another start - up entity) in a vey different picture.

In this article, I provide answers to top 5 questions on why you should invest in a learning and performance ecosysteIn this article, I provide answers to top 5 questions on why you should invest in a learning and performance ecosystein a learning and performance ecosystem.

For students who know what they want and when they want it in terms of online content, MOOCs are a fabulous new option to build and construct personalized learning ecosystems.

Our students also participate in citizen science through such sites as Zooniverse, where they can assist in actual research while learning about supernovae, ocean ecosystems, or the lives of soldiers during WWI.

As Clayton Christensen has observed, clusters may be particularly important in more nascent fields — like blended learning — in which the ecosystem is still immature, performance has yet to overshoot its users» performance demands, and how the different parts of the ecosystem fit together are still not well understood, and thus the ecosystem is highly interdependent, even as proprietary, vertically integrated firms do not — or in the case of education, often can not — stretch across the entire value network.

An emerging success story from Pittsburgh's Remake Learning Network that has played just this role may bolster the case, as it appears to be one of the few clusters that has greatly accelerated innovation in education along a variety of metrics — and helped unearth emergent, critical gaps in the ecosystem for new organizations to fill.

Apple's ecosystem for the classroom, with its dynamic combination that promotes personalised learning, the ability to bridge the digital divide, usability and classroom management features make it a critical multi-purpose system in a teacher's toolkit.

Since that research was completed, powerful mobile broadband devices are now the primary technology infrastructure used by young people (Chiong & Shuler, 2010; Project Tomorrow, 2010); the EcoMobile project will study their potential power in academic settings to improve motivation and deepen learning of ecosystems science.

«In the last year of the project, we'll use what we have learned to develop and design ecosystems and global warming curricula to be tested in classrooms.&raquIn the last year of the project, we'll use what we have learned to develop and design ecosystems and global warming curricula to be tested in classrooms.&raquin classrooms.»

The naughty element in material development seems to have experienced a mutation at entering the new serious ecosystem of pedagogy — digital - oriented learning.

Our mantra is to bring in a culture of «Learning as a continuum» and for this we use a Learning and Performance based Ecosystem approach.

Santa Clara, CA — December 15, 2017 — The ExpertusONE Learning Management System (LMS) received an honorable mention in the Best All - Purpose Extended Enterprise LMS category, which is designed to best support the diverse needs of external learning audiences in a corporate ecLearning Management System (LMS) received an honorable mention in the Best All - Purpose Extended Enterprise LMS category, which is designed to best support the diverse needs of external learning audiences in a corporate eclearning audiences in a corporate ecosystem.

Students will learn about animals and plants that live in a variety of ecosystems and create a simple Web site.