By Nadia Mireles A few years ago, a professor taught a climate change course, reaching about one hundred students per semester. One day, he thought: “If I could upload this course online, then not only would my 100 students have access to it, but others as well.” So he did. And this is what happened... … [Lee más...] about Sharing educational content: Why is it important?
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The Brain on Excercise
A flurry of recent articles demonstrates the beneficial relationship between exercise and brainpower. What exercise does for muscles, it seems, it also does for the brain, according to the new research. And the fitter the brain, the better it works. The basic explanation, known since the 1930s, goes something like this. Aerobic exercise helps the heart pump more blood to the … [Lee más...] about The Brain on Excercise
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By: Jorge Mahecha In Colombia, there are national exams for entrance into superior education administered to all students in the last year of secondary education. Since 1980, these exams have constituted a prime example of the continuing tradition of evaluation of students’ learning in the country. Following in this tradition, the Colombian Institute for the Promotion of … [Lee más...] about Quality: N/A
Let’s all learn from Einstein
Written by Nadia Mireles* The knowledge of one of the greatest geniuses of this planet and the winner of the Nobel Prize is now within reach for everyone. Recently, the Hebrew University opened access to 2000 of Einstein’s manuscripts (although access will continue to grow over the coming months). The news spread rapidly throughout the world, published in newspapers (El … [Lee más...] about Let’s all learn from Einstein
OLPC Peru: Learning from the experience
This post was written jointly with Julián Cristiá.We have recently published a Working Paper and a Policy Note presenting the results of the impact evaluation of the "One Laptop per Child" program in Peru, developed by the IDB in collaboration with the Peruvian government itself. Since this is the first large-scale experimental evaluation that has been done in the world, it … [Lee más...] about OLPC Peru: Learning from the experience