Author Archives: Doug Bergman

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Professional Educator

The lack of Liberal-Arts minded Engineers

Posted on October 7, 2022 by Doug Bergman

This post is a response to this article/commentary from the CEO of BMW. 100% agree. The elephant in the room is that what we don’t need is nerds who cannot interact with people in non-technical ways. The stereotypical engineer still … Continue reading →

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Digital Native Skills

Posted on September 20, 2022 by Doug Bergman

Having spent many years in the Computer Science classroom, I developed a pretty good understanding of how digital natives interact with technology. The biggest thing I noticed is that their tech device is a part of them like a wallet … Continue reading →

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Education Must Evolve

Posted on August 24, 2022 by Doug Bergman

Education is famous for being an incredibly slow moving body when it comes to change. But if anything good came out of Covid, we learned that we can adapt and learn new ways of doing things.    Teachers: Learned that … Continue reading →

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Reimagining Education

Posted on July 24, 2022 by Doug Bergman

This post is in reference to this article Why not take the opportunity to look at every facet of education, keep the parts we love, kick out the parts that are useless, fix the parts that broken, update the parts … Continue reading →

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K12 Education Really Comes Down to 3 Things

Posted on June 24, 2022 by Doug Bergman

First: Watch this To anyone out there involved or interested in K-12(and even higher ed) education, find 5 minutes to watch this TODAY. What we need in education really comes down to 3 things: 1) mastery learning where students learn … Continue reading →

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The Declining Value of the College Degree

Posted on May 30, 2022 by Doug Bergman

This post is based on this article It is important that we are having this discussion. But, as the article says, it’s not black and white. In some areas, demand in the workplace is high enough where a full 4 … Continue reading →

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The Future of Education

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Doug Bergman

The United States is slowly coming out of these crazy covid times….scarred badly, but alive and kicking. Education, typically a slow-moving and change-resistant institution, saw that it can actually pivot quickly…and in many cases, effectively. What did we learn? As … Continue reading →

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The Value Proposition in Education

Posted on April 5, 2022 by Doug Bergman

No question that schools earn their tuition when students are on campus. There are great academics, clubs, service projects, sports, study groups, friends and peers, amazing learning experiences in the classroom, fun gathering places, assemblies, speakers, cool research projects, activities, … Continue reading →

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Virtual Reality in education and business

Posted on March 24, 2022 by Doug Bergman

This morning I went to an art gallery that was completely empty.–and loved it. It was empty until I put on my Halolens. Then the entire gallery came to life as it filled with vibrant 3D colorful artwork, moving statues, … Continue reading →

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Is the college model relevant?

Posted on February 9, 2022 by Doug Bergman

I was intrigued by a recent Linked In post commenting on the irrelevance of the current college model. This speaker was actually referencing yet another talking-head whose point was that the current college educational model was an excellent preparation tool … Continue reading →

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