Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Personalized Learning
Quote of the Day: Moving Away from Institutions
Yesterday in Spokane I said that twenty years after "www" became a familiar phrase, we are just beginning to understand the profound implications for how human beings learn--and what it means for institutions of learning.
Personalized Learning
Why is There More Open Content for Math Than English?
OpenEd launched in June with a giant collection of free resources. "With the Language Arts standards its critical to have a volume of resources to choose from," said Blum, "So OpenEd's approach of aggregating ALL Internet accessible resources with deep metadata is what is really critical to having good sources for content.
EdTech
EduClipper Powers Presentation Portfolio
EduClipper is a free sharing tool perfect for clipping, curating and sharing content. Teachers will create Presentation Portfolios to share information with their class. Students will create Presentation Portfolios to lead parent-teacher conferences.
Personalized Learning
Midsize Innovators: Delivering Value at Scale
Education suffers from the missing middle--very few medium sized companies. Historically, there are a handful of large companies and thousands mom and pop operators, but given the distributed nature of the customer base it has been challenging to scale.
Leadership
NGLC Grants Sponsor Innovative New Schools In DC & Chicago
The Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) announced today that its successful national grant program will be replicated in Washington D.C. and Chicago. NLGC has already committed $21 million in support to nearly 60 new or redesigned blended-learning secondary schools across the nation.
Leadership
Summit Denali: 12 Components of an NGLC Winning Design
The innovative Bay Area school network is a pioneer in blended and competency based learning. CEO Diane Tavenner launched Summit Prep, the organization's flagship school, a decade ago. With each new school, Diane and her talented team continue to innovate on the secondary school model. Here's the ingredients of the current blend:
Leadership
Real Learning for Real Life
Washington State leaders will gather in Seattle on Tuesday and in Spokane on Wednesday to consider the implications of these two historic shifts occurring simultaneously. Hosted by Partnership for Learning and Washington Roundtable, the convening will explore the skills gap, new standards, and next-generation learning environments.
Personalized Learning
Cohen Bullish on Path Forward for McGraw-Hill Education
Cohen and his colleagues in higher education, international, and assessment, are "becoming a solution partner, rather than instructional resource partner." That means "Converting from being focused on instructional resources to systems where you provide outcomes regardless of whether inputs are created internally or externally."
Personalized Learning
Distributed Workforce: Better Conditions, Costs, & Outcomes
Organizations that effectively manage a remote workforce are clear about their goals, focus on outcomes more than activities, provide extensive training, make a variety of collaboration tools available, and, finally, they plan the work and work the plan.
Personalized Learning
Corporate Blends Face Challenges Similar to K-12
Blended learning is a global opportunity to dramatically improve how people learn whether fifth grade scientists, salespeople, or soldiers. An Oxford Group/Kineo survey makes it clear that we're all making this up as we go, that we're all frustrated that the toolset is lagging learning models, and that capacity is a big challenge.