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A Growing Demand for Innovation

At NEST 2011, there was little doubt as to the urgent need for an educational revolution fueled in part by ICT. There is a clear opportunity to make a difference, but how can we scale up new ideas?

Governments around the world already invest significant portions of their GDP in education, but very little of this is invested in innovation. This is something the ICT industry has the power to change.

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Articles

Lighting the Fire

British MP David Miliband highlighted the need to better engage students who already attend...

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The Textbook is Dead

One hot topic of debate at the NEST Forum was the role of the textbook and other traditional...

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A Crisis of Inclusion

Discussions often turned to the 67 million children in the world who receive no education at all,...

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Discussion Leaders

Harry Kroto
Professor Harry Kroto, Nobel Prize Laureate and Professor of Chemistry, shared his thoughts on how ICT can provide students everywhere with access to the world's most brilliant teachers.
Sugata Mitra
Professor Mitra's groundbreaking research on new technology-enabled learning methods has earned him a reputation as a leading scholar in the field of Minimally Invasive Education - a theme he explored at NEST 2011.
Lorraine Hahn
Hong Kong-based journalist Lorraine Hahn served as the moderator for on-stage discussions at the inaugural NEST Forum.
Tariq Krim
Cloud computing technologies entrepreneur Tariq Krim explored the evolution of learning technologies in the second discussion session at NEST: Redefining Education.
Jeffrey Sachs
Leading economist and Columbia University Professor Jeffrey Sachs lends his unique insights into the challenges and possibilities of overcoming educational hurdles in global development.
Jan Eliasson
Jan Eliasson, Advocate of the UN Millennium Development Goals, served as a key discussion leader in NEST's third forum session: Bridging the Education Gap.

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