Step Off the Direct Path, Service Something Larger Than Yourself
By: Carol Barash. As the direct path from high school to college to work becomes less normative by the day, more people of all ages build their career and life path based on a wide range of educational options, diverse work and volunteer experiences, and their unique vision for our shared future
IMS Global to Build K-20 Badges with Mozilla
IMS Global Learning Consortium announced the launch of the IMS Digital Credentialing Initiative. The new initiative is aiming to further the adoption, integration and transferability of digital credentials, including badges, within institutions, schools, and corporations.
The Importance of Learning Experience Design for Higher Education
Effective learning experience design can create relevant, engaging and memorable educational experiences that successfully address the specific challenges of adult and postsecondary learners.
How to Keep Children From Drowning in the Device Deep End
By: Heather Staker. As part of our Smart Parents series, Heather brings expertise as a parent and author about how parents can teach their children to use technological devices responsibly. Heather's advice is both practical and guided by the "bigger picture"- devices are a highly powerful learning tool and a teaching opportunity.
11 Tips for a Top-Class Webinar
Virtual broadcast, online seminar, professional development opportunity. These are all ways to describe what we know as a webinar. Follow these 11 tips to help make sure your next webinar is engaging and impactful.
EdTech 10: Spring Has Sprung
Whether it’s educators finally recognizing opportunities to blend instruction or the launch of new game-based learning programs this week’s top EdTech news stories focused on springing toward new beginnings.
4 Lessons For Today’s Education Leaders
By: Karen Cator. Digital Promise's League of Innovative Schools is working to close the Digital Learning Gap by designing new ways to engage students in deeper learning experiences. When selecting schools and districts for participation, strong leadership was a "must-have" criterion.
DLN Report Card Preview: Creating Innovation Zones in West Virginia
By: Erin Lockett. The Digital Learning Report Card examines each state’s progress in implementing policies that give students access to high quality digital learning. Today we're highlighting progress with innovation zones in West Virginia.
Schools Can’t Innovate Until Districts Do
Next Generation School Districts goes deep into the question of which system policies are most likely to get in the way of implementing personalized learning at scale. It makes the case that districts must aggressively work to change the incentives, policies, and structures so that they encourage and free up schools to innovate.
Are You A MacGyver Teacher?
In these days of strapped school budgets, being a MacGyver Teacher is almost a job requirement. So where do MacGyver Teachers turn for additional inspiration? How do you learn from those master MacGyver Teachers out there?