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Employees can make a difference in internalizing sustainability and translating high-level commitments from a corporate sustainability plan into action and results. Employees make far-reaching decisions impacting an organization's environment and social consequences on a daily basis. What is the evidence for employee engagement to further sustainability within organizations?
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The folks at Boundless who last brought us the EdTech Buzzwords Infographic are back with The History of Education. The graphic takes a look at how formal education began, changes along the way, current day and predictions for the next twenty years. Via Gust MEES, Arthur Correia, Christine Heine, AlGonzalezinfo
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March 19, 10:30 PM
The folks at Boundless who last brought us the EdTech Buzzwords Infographic are back with The History of Education. The graphic takes a look at how formal education began, changes along the way, current day and predictions for the next twenty years. Delete the scoop?
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Christine Heine's comment,
January 8, 6:33 AM
Yes, I liked the feedback from the survey. Just wondering about the sampling. Nonetheless, this isn't how I remember studying.
Marco Bertolini's curator insight,
January 20, 2:22 AM
Comment les étudiants étudient-ils ? - 93 % utilisent des applications numériques pour étudier - 70 % étudient seuls - 59 % utilisent leur smartphone - 42 % étudient dans leur endroit favori : leur chambre - 30 % utilisent Google Drive Je suppose qu'il s'agit d'étudiants américains. Et vous ? Quelles méthodes utilisez-vous ?
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Most of the tools cited here are easy to use and have user friendly interface and they will let you create your own e-magazine or newspaper in few simple steps. Yet I would recommend your discretion as you use them with your students.
Read more: http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/11/9-tools-to-create-e-magazines-and.html
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Ivon Prefontaine's curator insight,
January 26, 5:50 PM
My first reaction on reading the list of groups involved was negative. The University of Pheonix has a dog in this fight. They will want digital technologies to at the forefront. That is OK, but we need a balanced view of this emerging world and we need to question some of the views presented. We are not on the cusp of a relationship between humans and their digital tools. We have passed this cusp and each day we are in that emergent world. That kind of comment oversimplies a complex reality full of uncertainty. 
France Lefebvre's curator insight,
March 19, 8:42 AM
Recherche très pertinente qui apporte un vent de fraîcheur. On n'y parle pas des emplois du futur, mais plutôt des compétences ou habiletés requises 
Martijn Spek's curator insight,
April 24, 7:26 AM
Interessant rapport waarbij 'Change' in organisaties en bij mensen een zeer nadrukkelijke rol speelt. De tekenenen zien we nu al bij organisaties ontstaan. Het onderzoek is welliswaar primair gericht op Amerika, maar door de verdere globalisering en internationalisering interessant voor een ieder die met mensen werkt of gaat werken! Delete the scoop?
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Here at Educon yesterday, I had the chance to learn a bit more about design thinking from David Jakes. David's central point was that schools and teachers often get stuck in a "Yeah, but..." mindset when thinking about change.
Of course, we'd have to work to take active steps to redefine almost everything about our schools if a culture of "Do" is really going to be possible.
===> Grading will need to change -- from a focus on content mastery to a focus on demonstration of an ability to apply content in novel situations <===
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January 3, 10:26 AM
This is exactly my point of view since > 40 years already where I was a student at that time! BRAVO, I hope to see it be reality one day!
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January 7, 4:25 AM
Culture of "know" grow up in the culture of "consulting" ? Delete the scoop?
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The use of Twitter to collecting tweets around an event hashtag allowing participants to share and contribute continues to grow and has even become part of mass... Read more: http://mashe.hawksey.info/2011/11/twitter-how-to-archive-event-hashtags-and-visualize-conversation/
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The post Employee Engagement Matters provides the following statistics as evidence for engagement:
Grow profit
• The Corporate Leadership Council reports that engaged organizations grew profits as much as three times faster than their competitors. Highly engaged organizations have 87% less staff turnover and 20% better performance than average.
• A global survey by Tower Perrins-ISR involving more than 664,000 employees in 50 companies found that the operating income of companies with engaged employees improved by 19% in one year, while it declined by 33% for companies with low levels of employee engagement.
• Fully engaged employees are 2.5 times more likely to exceed performance expectations than their disengaged colleagues.
• 59% of engaged employees say their job brings out their most creative ideas compared to only 3% for disengaged employees.
Corporate social responsibility
• Many factors, such as leadership, integrity, immediate management and fair treatment, influence employee engagement. However, increasing evidence shows that performance on sustainable development also plays part. For example, a survey by Ipsos Mori10 found that:
70% of employees with a favorable perception of their company’s community engagement plan to stay for the next 2 years. compared to 50% of those with a less favorable perception.75% would recommend their company if they feel it is environmentally responsible, versus less than half if it is not.47% of job-seekers are more likely to join and stay with a company that addresses social issues.75% of employees who believe their employers pay enough attention to environmental protection and sustainable development reported higher levels of commitment.