Future of Learning

Complexity: Fall 2021 Edition  

Do we have a shot at showing what accountability looks like in learning? Tom shares the complexities to consider this fall that will have implications on the future of learning for all.

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EdTech

Respondus LockDown: Is This the Answer to Prevent Students Cheating on Exams?

[…] to utilize student telephones as tracking devices to campus police collaborating with surveillance firms to reinforce campus security. Several university officials have responded by pointing to the unprecedented complexity of our current situation as a justification for the increased surveillance measures. Others point to the extensive use of software vendors’ methods for proctoring and the […]

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Future of Learning

Invention Opportunity: Creating a Shared Reality

[…] a constructive skepticism that results in opinions based on facts–not the number of followers. With all the disinformation out there, teaching critical consumption must start in elementary school. Complexity confounds the problem. The interrelated problems we face don’t have simple solutions and their early data sets haven’t yielded conclusive answers. Nonetheless, it’s hard to make […]

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Leadership

Time to Redesign is NOW

By: Kelly Young. Millions of families are being exposed to the possibility of mixing and matching their child’s learning experiences by combining both local and globally accessible opportunities.

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Future of Learning

Opportunities in Wellness: A Key to Learning

[…] privacy, and are developmentally appropriate. But, done well, the tools offer access to critical wellness support in ways we haven’t before, at lower cost (dollars, time, and complexity). 4. Sustaining ongoing collaboration between educators, healthcare, technology workers, and, yes, students. In the best cases, COVID-19 has spurred leaders to build uncommon collaborations to solve […]

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Learning Design

Building Trust through Design Thinking

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.

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Equity & Access

Teaching Truth to Power

[…] for the common good looks like.  Education for global competence requires learning and applying critical reasoning, curiosity, and problem-solving skills to understand the world in its full complexity; to see how the local roots of issues like racism and the pandemic are sown by broader global forces. It requires engaging children in experiences designed […]

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