From Classroom to Career: Mastering Real-World Competencies through Alternative Learning
[…] long centered around a set curriculum and standardized testing. This was valid when we sought uniformity and could accurately predict outcomes. But with the rapid advancement of technology and an ever-changing global landscape of challenges and connections, it’s clear that we need to redefine our curricula to explicitly focus on building adaptable, lifelong learners […]
The Digital Learning Mindset
[…] few reflections from the past six years of helping to build a free, fully online distance learning program for adult education students across Louisiana. Start with the ( technology) mindsets When welcoming students and teachers online, we’ve found it’s important to place mindsets and program culture at the center of all conversations. Learning new technical […]
Supporting Statewide Change Through Virtual Course Access Models
[…] the current learning paradigm online through traditional courses and grading models. This approach may work well for some learners, but it fails to leverage the potential of technology to recenter our education system around the learner and create a system that works for all children. Towards a learner-centered future States wishing to pursue this […]
5 Personalized Learning Strategies for the Online Learner
[…] years, the need for learning to become more student-centered as opposed to teacher-centered has changed the scenery of teaching and learning. The tasteful blend of education and technology (edtech) has already provided affluent opportunities for young people, especially for students who are in school and college or simply those who take online courses, to […]
Book Review: Digital for Good
[…] of Education, Arne Duncan, also a former educator bringing forward their frontline experience with the widening opportunity gap. He also led the development of a National Education Technology Plan. Now, as CEO of ISTE, Culatta continues to make headway as a leader advocating for instructional technology best practices and the requisite policy work needed […]
AI in the World: How can we prepare our students?
[…] about AI in areas such as cybersecurity? Since March of 2020, due to remote work and remote learning, these shifts in our use and the location of technology led to a 20% increase in cyber attacks. We also need to account for the increasing number of devices that are being used on the Internet […]
What Can Decentralized Organizations Accomplish in Education?
[…] remained largely unchanged. Our education systems were created before our digital world was formed, during the industrial era. New discoveries in learning theory, emotional and moral development, technology, socialization, and pedagogy, have not been reflected in most learning institutes. Despite technological and pedagogical advancements, our schools, educators, and learners remain locked into outdated learning […]
Beyond Bans: Schools’ Role in a Hard Reset on the ‘Phone-Based Childhood’
[…] schoolers could hear about a wide range of college and career experiences from alumni of their school. These are not just possible, but incredibly affordable, with modern technology. But until we reckon with an acute lack of incentives and policies to build positive social connection, banning phones is likely the safest route. Because if […]
The Need for More Formative Research in Edtech
While edtech products do demonstrate potential in aiding student learning, more weight needs to be given to formative education technology research that focuses on improving product features and implementation protocols, which are currently impeding student progress on many education technology solutions.
The Ready Player One Test
Dagan Bernstein explores four guidelines for the implementation of learning that uses immersive technology.
