Posts by Tom Vander Ark

Personalized Learning

Starting a Virtual School

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 4, 2011

Do students in your district have access to online courses on a full and part time basis? Is your district offering them? A recent survey suggests that more than half of US districts claim them are developing online options. States and districts are approaching digital learning in different ways. …

Personalized Learning

Are Textbooks Transitory?

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 4, 2011

Are textbooks transitory or will the value of curation, organization, and narration survive through second gen tablets?

Personalized Learning

All Students Are Digital Learners

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 3, 2011

“All students are digital learners.” It’s a statement of aspiration and opportunity. For many students, it’s their reality. It’s also the preamble to Digital Learning Now! Digital Learning Now! kicked off a weekly video series highlighting the 10 Elements of High Quality Digital Learning with a three minute summary…

Personalized Learning

All students are digital learners

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 3, 2011

“All students are digital learners.” Digital Learning Now recommends a statewide multi-provider environment with no barriers to enrollment and it suggests that states should be proactive about sharing content and resources with schools and students.

Competency-Based Education

The Future of Learning: Personalized, Adaptive, and Competency-Based

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 1, 2011

A Getting Smart white paper on the shift to digital, highly personalized and competency-based future of learning, and how Intelligent Adaptive Learning™ approximates human levels of coaching for ultimate personalized learning.

Leadership

Good Work: Committing to Place

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 31, 2011

I appreciate teachers and administrators that make a long term commitment to making a place better, to watching kids and a community mature, and to being part of the fabric of a community.

Personalized Learning

Blended Learning & Community Based Organizations

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 28, 2011

Community based organizations and new learning technologies will be part of the quest for more and better learning time in America.

Personalized Learning

Promoting Quality Online Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 26, 2011

Fordham is launching a series of working papers on digital learning. Rick Hess makes an important contribution with the first paper focused on quality

Personalized Learning

Assessment as Portfolio of Personal Bests

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 25, 2011

In the most interesting comment of the day, Coleman said, “I like to think of assessment as a series of personal bests.”

Leadership

Good Work: Confidence on a Mission

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 24, 2011

Leadership is immensely difficult on the practical level, but simple emotionally—you must care, and care so deeply that you are not willing to accept present conditions.

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From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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