Learning Design

This topic covers topics from school and system design to the science of learning.

Future of Learning

Delivering Essential Skills for Students by Students

Guest Author

Dec 29, 2020

By: Crystal Everett. Life Skills Series: KCPS Edition, is a real-world learning project supporting Kansas City Public Schools students to acquire the skills needed for the future of work.

Leadership

The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Could Be Our Standards

Michael Niehoff

Dec 28, 2020

International Educator and Thought Leader Nicholas Martino is advocating that we could use the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for teaching and learning.

Future of Learning

Designing Schools for Shared Use: A Pandemic Silver Lining

Guest Author

Dec 27, 2020

By: Randy Fielding, Cierra Mantz, and Nathan Strenge. Now is the time to renew efforts to create and maintain shared use facilities. Here are the challenges, successes, and benefits encountered by a charter school, a large school district, and a private school that have established and maintained the shared use of their facilities.

EdTech

10 Tools With a Big Impact in 2020!

Rachelle Dené Poth

Dec 23, 2020

Rachelle Dene Poth shares ten digital tools to try in 2021 in in-person, virtual, and hybrid learning environments.

Future of Learning

Q&A with Author, Educator Matt Miller on ‘Ditch That Textbook’ and ‘Ditch That Homework”

Michael Niehoff

Dec 22, 2020

By: Michael Niehoff. Michael interviews Matt Miller about this second book 'Ditch That Textbook'.

Equity & Access

Pharrell Launches Whole Child Nonprofit to Even the Odds

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 19, 2020

YELLOW is building data-driven, meaningful, and future-forward assessment tools to help advance the art of teaching as a system.

Learning Design

Building Trust through Design Thinking

Devin Vodicka

Dec 18, 2020

By: Sabba Quidwai and Devin Vodicka. Recent research by Dr. Quidwai found a critical connection between relational trust, collaboration, and the development of mindsets and skillsets when engaging in design thinking.

Learning Design

Redesigning School: Six Key Pillars From Six of the Most Innovative Schools and Programs

Kyle Wagner

Dec 17, 2020

We all have unique learners, people, and communities to serve. We don’t have to build a new model for school to best serve them. We simply need to make a few tweaks to the ones we already have.

Equity & Access

Students with Disabilities Deserve LEGIT Solutions: Lightweight Evidence-Gathering Instruments and Tools

Eric Tucker

Dec 16, 2020

Brooklyn LAB is using "LEGIT" solutions - tools that can be applied to reimagine education to serve all learners.

Future of Learning

Early Lessons From The Real World Learning Initiative

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 15, 2020

The Real World Learning Initiative is a high school improvement project that aims to prepare students for the future of work.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
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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