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20 Year Forecast: Broader Aims, Students at the Center
The hunch that encouraging student agency will produce better learning outcomes was pervasive at the Russian sponsored Global Education Futures Forum which met this week in Silicon Valley. Discussions were framed by 16 trends.
The Future of Personalized Learning is Now
By: Jean Fleming. Measures of Academic Progress Assessment, or MAP test, is a system that gathers inputs from different kinds of assessment, including formative, in-the-moment assessments, and longer interim assessment.
Student Engagement’s Three Variables: Emotion, Behavior, Cognition
By: Ace Parsi. Student engagement represents the capacity and inclination for students to take ownership of their past, present, and future educational experiences by enlisting their cognitive, behavioral, and emotional investment in learning.
EdPolicy Education: New MOOCs from ExcelinEd
The Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd) launched EdPolicy Leaders Online a new resource to help education policymakers better understand and implement education reform efforts. These new Massively Open Online Courses (MOOC) feature nearly 40 experts across the education landscape.
Entrepreneurialism in Education at SXSWedu
By: Eric Nentrup. From sessions to private events, this year saw an escalation towards honest and public solution critiquing with the goal of getting things right with fewer missteps and shorter development cycles.
SXSWedu: Design Thinking, Learning, and Teaching
By: Moss Pike. Thanks to the mutual exchange of ideas at SXSWedu, more educators are starting to embrace the possibilities and new thinking that entrepreneurs can add to the conversation, in taking on more of a design mindset.
EdTech 10: Live from SXSWedu 2015
As SXSWedu 2015 comes to an end, we're excited to bring you 10 announcements you'll want to note, share and follow!
Expanding the Reach of Online Learning to Special Education Students
Online and blended learning are not just for the general education population. Together, Fuel Education and PresenceLearning will deliver an integrated, online solution in which schools and districts can enroll special education students through a personalized learning platform.
Straight A Fund Seeds Ohio With Innovations
By: Michael Harlow. The Ohio Department of Education hosted Straight A Day (#StraightADay) at the Statehouse in Columbus. 57 exhibitors showed the fruits of the innovations seeded with state dollars.
The Gold Standard: The Swiss Vocational Education and Training System
How the Swiss vocational education and training system (VET) is creating a pipeline for young people to careers by personalizing learning with interests and talents at the core of training, and why it's working.