Learning Design

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Learning Design

Play, Play-Based Learning Important Now More Than Ever

Michael Niehoff

Oct 31, 2020

Distance learning, smart technology and overscheduling are creating a need to embrace the developmental benefits of play and play-based learning now more than ever.

Future of Learning

How To Unblock Curiosity And Build Creativity

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 31, 2020

Curiosity might be the most important disposition of the new age. Unlocking curiosity may the key to innovating.

Leadership

Why Must Literacy Be Reframed?

Guest Author

Oct 30, 2020

By: Gene M. Kerns. Gene shares why we are in need of new insights around literacy and why it’s time for literacy to be reframed.

Future of Learning

Invention Opportunity: Measuring What Matters

Guest Author

Oct 29, 2020

By: Devin Vodicka. It's time for an invention opportunity around assessments - create new policies, practices, and tools that encourage the development of purposeful goals tied to whole-child and competency-based learning progressions.

Future of Learning

Teaching Through Change, Stories of Resilience: Austin ISD

Shawnee Caruthers

Oct 26, 2020

By: Rashawn Caruthers. Rashawn shares how Stacey Shapiro of AISD and a member of The Learning Accelerator’s Strategy Lab cohort, is planning for resilient and equitable futures for her students.

Competency-Based Education

Finding Your Entry Point to Mastery Learning

Chris Sturgis

Oct 12, 2020

Chris shares two questions and two resources to help find your entry point to mastery learning.

Equity & Access

New Arts Integration Efforts Address Healing-Centered Engagement, Transformative Agency

Michael Niehoff

Oct 11, 2020

There is a new merging of the arts with trauma-informed pedagogy, social justice and culturally-responsive teaching as a means to increase healing-centered engagement and transformative agency.

comparing online learning and face-to-face learning

Equity & Access

Myth of the Ideal Classroom

Guest Author

Oct 8, 2020

By: Sarah Pazur. Instead of idealizing the face-to-face classroom at the expense of education’s advancement into the 21st century, it’s time to confront our biases and maximize the opportunities that online learning can provide.

Leadership

A Pivot Within A Pivot: Getting InspirED With Educators to Define and (re)Define Success

Guest Author

Oct 5, 2020

By: Jeanine Collins. Jeanine shares how the InspirED Global Fellows pivoted to a virtual program due to the pandemic but they remain focused on prioritizing 21st-century learning.

Future of Learning

The Role of Student Roles

Michael Niehoff

Oct 2, 2020

Michael discusses how creating relevant real-world opportunities allows students to enhance their skills, resumes, and portfolios.

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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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