Posts by Tom Vander Ark
Lessons in Leadership: Remembering Barbara Dreyer
Founder and CEO of Connections Education, Barbara Dreyer was an unassuming but powerful leader that helped launch the online learning revolution.
Is it a Teaching Problem or a Design Problem?
When principals are evaluating teachers this year and when they don’t see the percentage of grade level proficiency they had hoped for, they should ask, “Is this a teaching problem or a design problem?”
New in Texas Edu in 2014
Here's a look into what is new in Texas education this year.
The Cost of Raising & Educating Kids
Recently heightened cost pressures suggest the need to develop better and cheaper learning options for kids. Competency-based and blended models appear to be the most productive and raise academic results.
E-Line Scaling Learning Games and Impact
Building a viable business model has proven more difficult that building interesting games. E-Line Media may have cracked the code on combining education and entertainment and scaling game-based learning.
NCAA Way Out of Bounds for Outlawing Online
Thousands of student athletes are ineligible to compete in college because the NCAA took on a job where they had no business. The NCAA needs to fix this situation. It’s bad for education, dangerous for the online learning sector and, more importantly, it’s bad for thousands of students.
How Next Gen Learning Boosts Rigor, Relevance & Relationships
There's no doubt that next gen learning boosts rigor, relevance and relationships. Here's more on how innovations in learning are creating more of a good thing and supporting great learning environments for students and teachers.
Open Badges Are Unlocking the Emerging Jobs Economy
We think Badges will be big. They provide an efficient way for employer groups to signal requirements for job clusters and a way for learners to accumulate and share a growing portfolio of skills.
Leading the Shift to Digital: School, System & City
This shift to personal digital learning is inevitable; nearly all of our kids already live in the personal digital future. Combining organizational design, technology integration, and large-scale change management is challenging and complex, but it can be done.
How EdTech is Meeting Special Needs
New tools and schools are transforming special education, here are 12 things Florida special education directors are excited about.