As the disruptive forces of the Internet bear down on colleges and universities, everyone is beginning to feel the leading winds of this impending storm, but few have a clear view of the changes to come. Newspapers, travel agencies, yellow pages, and record labels are all industries that have been greatly affected by the Internet, and each foretell a different version of what may lie ahead.
College 2.0 will witness a massive peeling apart process. Learning will become separated from the classroom. Courses will be created organically and formed around an on-demand, any-time, any-place delivery models. Professors will declare their independence and work for multiple institutions rather than just one specific college. Accreditation will shift from the Institution to the course and to the individual. And textbooks, the ink-on-paper version that we know today, will all but disappear.
This is the title of an interesting article written by Anne Hart (Sacramento Holistic Family Health Examiner). My answer is a big YES. I've studied this method almost an year and the results are absolutely amazing. Screenwriting and film production have to be part of school curricula all over the world ( Also in my previous post Wim Wenders: Film is a language that can be taught) The future is about how we will be able to communicate using the film language: moving pictures, sounds and words, all together and sometimes in real time.
"It's time to teach the children to write, produce, and promote their own films. This will give them job skills they'll use later in life at all levels of leadership." Anne Hart
Read more on : http://www.examiner.com/holistic-family-health-in-sacramento/is-screenwriting-therapy-or-film-production-helpful-to-teenagers-distress
THIS AN FANATSTIC PROJECT ! Congartulations , TATE !
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The Tate Movie Project is the first of its kind – an animated movie made by and for children across the UK. Showcasing the vivid imaginations of kids, the Tate Movie Project uses great artworks to inspire 5-13 year olds nationwide to contribute their ideas to the movie. Children are creating every aspect of the film, from the hand-drawn characters and plot twists, down to costumes and comic sound effects.
On 15 July 2010 the project went live. At its heart is the Tate Movie Project website. Children are able to be involved in the whole movie making process online. When children enter the website they are welcomed by Ronnie, the animated 'Movie Director', alongside a host of other characters who will guide them through the process as they explore animation, scripting, editing and sound effects. The vast bank of material created by children over coming months will be brought together by Tate, Aardman Animations and creative agency Fallon, using the latest animation technology.
The Tate Movie Project truck took to the road in July on a national three month tour of production workshops. The truck is travelling to 55 locations across the UK, visiting primary schools, family events and festivals. The truck folds out into a state of the art creative learning studio, complete with sound studio space, computers and a screening facility, all of which can be cleared away for workshops and activities. The children will work with artists and film-makers in the truck who will deliver hundreds of production workshops.
The next stage of group activities will be workshops that take place from October 2010 – March 2011 at a network of partner galleries across the UK. Visit Roadshows on the Tate Movie Project website for full details of the truck's tour.
The finished film will be broadcast on BBC TV in mid-2011. Meanwhile, CBBC's Blue Peter will be following the real-life production process and encouraging kids to get involved.
The project has been made possible through £3million of funding from Legacy Trust UK, and will become part of the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad. BP, as one of the Premier Partners of the Cultural Olympiad, is providing further sponsorship and practical support to the education programme underpinning the project. As well as broadcast support, BBC Learning are producing fun, accessible resources for kids and teachers alike.
How to get involved Children: Visit the Tate Movie Project website to sign up and join the movie team. You can also find out if the Tate Movie Project truck will be in your area over the summer 2010. Schools: There are links to digital teaching resources on the Tate Movie Project website that will help teachers to run their own workshops and contribute to the project, even if the Tate Movie Project team isn't coming to your school. Free printed resource packs with accompanying DVD can also be ordered online. The programme of schools workshops for the truck and galleries tour is now fully booked. For other enquiries email us at movie@tate.org.uk "
"There is no need to education. It is not that you read a book, pass an examination, and finish with education. The whole of life, from the moment you are born to the moment you die, is a process of learning."
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The Revolutionary Approach to Education Will Change the Way People Teach, Learn and Gain MBAs Forever - This is Just the First Step
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Oct. 27, 2010) - The London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) today announced its new course which will make accessing high quality MBA course material just a mouse click away. At no cost, students with a computer anywhere in the world can sign up to the lessons. Accredited by the University of Wales, they only pay once they decide go forward for formal accreditation (examination).
LSBF founder, Aaron Etingen said: "Earlier this year Bill Gates claimed: 'Five years from now on the web for free you'll be able to find the best lectures in the world…'. He was partly right – our announcement today has fast tracked his vision. The LSBF Global MBA™ starts today."
With the LSBF Global MBA™, people will, for free, be able to access lectures online from its faculty and panel discussion groups including industry highflyers such as Partners at Accenture Management Consulting and Deloitte, the Head of Royal Navy Leadership Academy and the Director of Marketing at Viagogo.
This revolutionary "try before you buy" approach offers two unique advantages: Firstly it means that those interested in learning business skills can now do so from some of the best business lecturers, through an innovative and familiar delivery channel at no cost; and secondly those considering going for formal MBA qualification can test both the quality of the programme and their aptitude and interest before any financial commitment.
"Even if people do not decide to go for formal accreditation, the LSBF Global MBA™ will, at no cost, better equip business students to deal with the global job market" said Etingen.
Three studios in the LSBF's London campus continuously record constantly updated study material to keep in line with business events.
"Historically there are real barriers for people to take the time to do an MBA. Our new product uses the Facebook platform. We expect to get over 500,000 users in the first year but that is a conservative estimate. Seven years ago we had four students in Hyde Park Corner, this year we have a group turnover of £100m with 12,000 students in campuses around the world. The online world makes it hard to predict but what we do know, is that this is going to change education forever!" said Etingen.
"Recognising that the traditional business school platform is decades old and academically stale, Facebook was chosen as the largest growing social network" Etingen continued.
Etingen said: "There is immense potential in the market for online education. Facebook is a real part of people's lives and, owning a sense of social responsibility, we want to promote accessibility to knowledge.
The LSBF Global MBA™ application, which has been developed for us by former Google employees, delivers an MBA awarded by the University of Wales. It is the first online MBA which will be free to all until the optional point of assessment for qualification."
While qualifications are still necessary to complete the accredited LSBF Global MBA™ – a BSc/BA or five years professional experience – there will be 100s hours of free study resources available to all users, including 80 hours of high definition video content. Unlike all other MBAs, no fees will be required up front allowing students to save for exams or to pay when it suits them financially.
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A video demonstration, screen shots, photographs and full biographies of spokespeople, student case studies, and industry comment are available at:
I have spent the last 4 years working on a system that could bring films in school on a equal position with mathematics and grammar. I am happy to share the same vision with the legendary german film director Wim Wenders.
The public hearing on Cinema and European identities, which took place on October 27 in the Brussels’ headquarters of the European Parliament, launched the four-week screening cycle of the three films competing for the 2010 LUX Prize At his speech, German director Wim Wenders warned that many EU citizens perceive Europe as a mere economic and bureaucratic structure. "The administration of Europe has become the image of Europe", he said. Films are "the secret weapon" that can transform this "sagging" image. "Movies practically invented the American dream. They can do the same for Europe," added Wenders. He explained that European films tell European stories and reflect the values, history and diversity of the continent and, as such, nurture its European identity. Wenders was particularly worried that children were equating cinema with blockbusters. Children are abandoning books for television and the Internet. This is their focus, he said, yet schools do little to help them understand what they are watching or educate them so that they can make more diverse choices in what they see. The filmmaker argues that schools can teach children visual language. It has its own grammar and vocabulary and should be part of school curricula throughout Europe, he said. He suggested that the new MEDIA Programme could fund film education in schools. Once children learn the language of moving pictures, they can then choose to see "fast food" movies or the "slow but good film food" of Europe.
