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Future of Learning

Five Mega Trends Reshaping Global Learning

[…] skills,” said Tracy Gardner, a teaching professor in chemical and biological engineering at Colorado School of Mines. In the same department, Michael Barankin also uses a variety of blended strategies with a focus on communication in and out of the classroom. Student projects begin by reaching out to industry partners, developing a plan, forming teams, […]

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Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis
Leadership

Leading With Intention: Innovation and Insight

[…] led me down a rabbit hole of research on the Modern Classroom Project and eureka I had found the answer. The Modern Classroom Project was a great mix of blended learning, self-paced learning, individualized student attention, relationships, motivations, building student efficacy, mastery-based learning, and the list went on. However, I felt I could not possibly ask […]

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Leadership

From Last Chance to First Choice: Alternative Schools That Show the Way Forward

[…] office buildings with close access to work-study employment opportunities. The 28-year-old network won the Malcolm Baldrige award in 2015. Community Youth Development Institute High School in Chicago combines blended, project-based, and work-based learning for youth not successful in traditional environments. Many students have paid work experience and earn some college credit, and/or industry certification. GPS […]

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EdTech

DLAC 2021 – Digital Learning at an Inflection Point

[…] could make choices without regret. It doesn’t matter that I’m an adult..a professional…and not quite on track at the moment. K-college students are successful when learning is blended and personal. I can be successful too! This…right there…is added goodness in my mind. On June 8th, John Watson emphasized, “digital learning is at an inflection point.” […]

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DLAC
New Pathways

Team Teaching, Educator Retention and Education’s Next Workforce

[…] (what I am doing matters). Using this foundation, new models of teaching are possible that increase control, self-efficacy, constructive emotions and purpose. In a 2018 study of the blended and personalized learning models from eight innovative schools and districts, the Christensen Institute found that the following strategies were effective ways to increase the quality of […]

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Leadership presentation
New Pathways

Microschools: From Micro Innovation to Serial Disruption

[…] in alignment to Delta 2030, microschool elements feature entrepreneurial pathways, adaptive schedules for hybrid opportunities beyond the confines of traditional school, certificate programs based on economic demands, blended experiences with artificial intelligence tools, and pedagogy that is guided by the engineer-design process. Serial disruption is integrated and multi-dimensional which is level-set in microschools.  One […]

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