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Future of Learning
On Spreading Learning Innovations: Pandemic Update
[…] work and how smart people have built on the model. Innovation Diffusion Theories of how change happens in the social sector consider demand, the attributes of innovation, the complexity of change and how it impacts people–the specific behavior change required. 1. Demand. This is how people discover and come to desire the product or practice and […]
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Difference Making
Thomas Homer-Dixon on Commanding Hope and the Nature of Complexity
On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom talks with Thomas Homer-Dixon about his new book, Commanding Hope and rising complexity.
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Getting Through
How to Reopen Schools: A 10-Point Plan Putting Equity at the Center
[…] and instead allow for innovation in pedagogy and delivery.” As natural and human-made systems collide in unprecedented ways, young people are growing up in a world where novelty, complexity, and mutuality are the norm. How we respond in adaptive, thoughtful, inclusive, and creative ways will be the most important lessons we teach. For more […]
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Ed3
AI is the Cognitive Friend We’ve Always Wanted
What if I told you that AI was the mental sparring partner you've always wanted? A personal coach, catalyst and confidant.
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Difference Making
A Vision for Transformative Education
Read this excerpt from the upcoming book Worldwise Learning: A Teacher’s Guide to Shaping a Just, Sustainable Future.
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Future of Learning
Leaders Are Not the Chief Decider, They Are Decision Architects
Decision making now includes more complexity, more stakeholders, and more agreements needed to be reached. Leaders need better tools and templates to make better decisions yielding coherent and effective change.
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Future of Learning
Designing Schools for Shared Use: A Pandemic Silver Lining
[…] schools, universities, community organizations, businesses, and public recreation organizations has been championed for years, but has failed to take hold in a significant way because of the complexity of governing and financing shared use facilities. That’s about to change due to health, economic, and educational forces that are gaining momentum and making imminent change […]
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Equity & Access
Balancing Design Thinking with Equity
[…] Rooting education change in communities by selecting founders from those communities First and foremost, 4.0 exists not to create new products or companies for the sake of novelty, nor in the pursuit of slight improvements or benefits for advantaged populations; rather, we exist in order to dismantle barriers to access and success for communities […]
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Equity & Access
What is Vertical Coherence and Why Does it Matter for Equity?
[…] scope and sequence documents, and analyzing both student and teacher materials side by side. Some questions for adoption committees and curriculum decision-makers to consider include: Does text complexity ascend across grades—or is there a sudden shift in rigor across grade bands? Do informational texts account for at least 50 percent of elementary texts and […]
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Future of Learning
How do we prepare students to flourish in a VUCA future?
If we want students to be prepared to flourish in an unpredictable future, we shouldn’t be focused on the future at all: we should be focused on ensuring they flourish now. Erin Lynn Raab explores the term VUCA and its significance when designing for today's schools.
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