Disrupting class
by Clayton M. Christensen · first published 2011
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Why HN recommends it
Applies Christensen's disruption theory to education, offering insights on how technology could reshape schooling; suits readers interested in innovation in education or who work on learning systems.
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Examines how new innovations in education are changing the way people learn in the world today, the way business is affected as a result of it, and the way businesses themselves must change in order to stay productive and successful in the future.
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Couldn't agree more with this article. For a more rich analysis, I'd recommend checking out Disrupting Class by Christensen and Horn. All about how disruption is going to transform education. We are working on a startup that hopes to facilitate this wave. If you are interested in helping us beta test, then…
on “The Impending Demise of the University” ↗…increasing dedication/loyalty and filtering out the people who like the idea of learning it but aren't willing to actually learn (or so i hypothesize...) If you haven't - have a look at Clayton Christensen's "Disrupting Class", "The Online Learning Idea Book" - Patti Shank and "New Designs for Early Education" - by IDEO (its aimed at early childhood but some of the ideas revolving around increasing user involvement are really…
on “Ask HN: Review my new learning website: Crunch Course” ↗…is most similar in this respect is health care and end the dynamics in these two industries are much the same. I'd highly recommend that anyone wanting to understand these industries more deeply read Disrupting Class and The Innovator's Prescription, both by Clayton Christensen.
on “Why Education Companies Do Not Succeed” ↗Read "Disrupting Class" by Christensen: http://tinyurl.com/6a9vmf Christensen is a business school guy, but he understands how technology can disrupt well established markets. In the book above he covers technology and education.
on “Hacking Education” ↗…be paced to meet the needs of students. As a replacement to AP english it probably is not as effective but when schools cut out German, what's a kid to do? Clay Christensen notes this in his new book, Disrupting Class - I'd encourage anyone thinking about innovation in education (especially as it relates to online learning) to read this important book.
on “Professors Regard Online Instruction as Less Effective Than Classroom Learning” ↗…a variety of complex, systemic socio-political problems. Christensen, Horn, and Johnson (2008) have applied the disruptive paradigm to education and have some really startling insights in their book: Disrupting Class: How disruptive insights change the way the world learns. Definitely worth checking out if you are at all interested in transforming education. Krugman also highlights another problem. The financial…
on “The Uneducated American” ↗The internet is definitely disrupting education; especially some organizations that use it (Christensen has a chapter about it in Seeing What's Next, and in fact a whole other book Disrupting Class, specific to it http://www.claytonchristensen.com/books.html - I've read the former). You make an interesting point: as education has become more widely available, it's lost its quality as a signal because…
on “The Coming Disruption” ↗…lot more success down the road with institutions. The preeminent scholar in the field of disruptive innovation has actually just published a book specifically about education: http://www.amazon.com/Disrupting-Class-Disruptive-Innovation... I've been reading it in the last few days and publishing some of my favorite passages to my blog: http://bit.ly/mad82
on “Ask HN: E-Learning Startup” ↗…speaking event. "Guns Germs and Steel" was popular at the time, and he used that as an example of the type of book they would read. Everyone knows about the Disruptive Innovation, but he also wrote "Disrupting Class" on how disruptive innovations would change universities/education - and put some out of business. On this vein he founded the Christensen Institute [1] a non-profit (in Redwood City, CA). I don't know…
on “Clayton Christensen has died” ↗