Learnometer: "dashboard" measures of investment performance in learning

Stephen Heppell has a Microsoft-sponsored project to create a Learnometer, i.e. some "dashboard" measures of investment performance in learning:

"All round the world countries are investing significant and increasing amounts in education, particularly in ICT and in buildings. At the same time clear emergent learning trends, effective and consensual, are re-defining learning in the 21st century. The two fundamental questions are:

• is our investment in learning taking us in the right direction, towards 21st century learning? and
• if it is, how do we know how effective that investment has been - what should improve?"

Referring back to the post below about Andrew Pinder's call for education to be organised industrially, it would be interesting to get Pinder and Heppell into public conversation on these issues.

Comments

[Stephen Heppell]

Well Seb... I'm up for it! It would be an interesting debate.

Thanks Stephen. I will have a think about this. Seb - 29/4/2007