Recognizing that the average American will spend 95% of their time outside of the classroom, a new lecture series will spotlight the science of informal teaching and learning and the important role ...

I’ve just come across a provocative article recently published in the American Scientist magazine that calls into question whether schools are really the most effective conduit for learning about ...

Each year, tens of millions of Americans, young and old, choose to learn about science in informal ways by visiting museums and aquariums, attending after-school programs, pursuing personal hobbies ...

TAMPA, Fla. — Madai Favaro was nominated to be an A+ Teacher for helping families learn at the Glazer Children’s Museum. She has a passion for sharing knowledge through informal learning. “Kids learn ...

Let’s talk about teaching parents. In schools, we have a pretty well-founded belief that one of the ways that you can indirectly boost student learning is to directly boost the capacity of teachers.

I met with Bobby Yazdani, CEO & President of Saba Software earlier this week at their Redwood Shores California headquarters. A substantial global company with 1400 customers and more than 19 million ...

Consulting a YouTube tutorial or an online dictionary, improving English skills using a dedicated application while taking public transportation, etc. To develop their skills, professionals are ...

The paper attempts to bridge informal and formal learning by leveraging on affordance structures associated with informal environments to help learners develop social, cognitive, and metacognitive ...

ABSTRACT This study defines a blog as a contemporary web-based environment that can make a difference in adult informal learning practice. An online survey with 70 adult bloggers in Korea was ...

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has released draft guidelines adhering to the implementation of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). RPL is a formal mechanism which will be used to evaluate a ...

Pioneers in higher education first introduced a learning model tailored to the needs of working adults, offering an alternative for people who wanted to earn postsecondary degrees without leaving the ...

Much of what people know about science is learned informally. Education policy-makers should take note. The seemingly endless debate about how to improve US science education seems to make the tacit ...