Place Based Education

Learning Communities Change the Paradigm

Randy Fielding explores how Learning Communities are a Design Pattern that shapes a learner-centered spatial paradigm.

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Learning Design

Finding Focus: Creating Collaborative Learning Spaces

Now that most of us have started back into the school year, hopefully we have a better idea of what our learning spaces might look like, at least for the time being. We also need to be prepared to transition from wherever we are right now as we move forward throughout the year. How […]

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Future of Learning

Election 2020: Engaging Future Voters

[…] the candidates for children and help students to be able to identify current and future leaders. For older students, this election presents an opportunity to engage in deeper learning about multi-dimensional, multi-perspective issues. They are ready to research different perspectives on key policy issues; understand the global, community, and individual impacts of those issues; and […]

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Future of Learning

ISTE Goes Virtual: A Week of Powerful Learning

[…] conference. Typically held at the end of June, this 5-day event brings in educators from around the world to learn more about how technology transforms teaching and learning. In past years, more than 85 countries have been represented with 20,000 or more participants. As with many conferences this year, ISTE had to make the shift […]

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Learning Design

Book Review: The Math(s) Fix

[…] problem is that current maths courses are not providing enough opportunities for students to apply their skills at a higher level. Students in math courses today are learning in the same way as students years ago, rather than connecting to more advanced and current concepts such as computational thinking, data science, and learning about […]

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Difference Making

Collaborative Conversations to Shephard Communities Forward, Together

[…] serving young people and valuing them effectively. When the context and the needs change, innovative systems adapt. When businesses fail to do this, they close. When our learning systems don’t adapt, the learners themselves pay the cost and this then transfers to our communities and our economies. With an insistence from federal and state […]

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Equity & Access

Afterschool Programs: Serving as Centers for Support, Access, and Equity

[…] a year of isolation. According to Afterschool Alliance, afterschool and summer programs during the pandemic have helped to: Close the achievement gap by providing students with more time for deeper learning and the extra help they need to recover from learning loss due to school closures and disrupted schedules. Address student mental health by connecting young people […]

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