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4 Ways to Promote Student Accountability
By Erin Werra. Students need skills like accountability to be ready for the future. Here are four ways educators can encourage and support accountability
EdTech
To Bring Learning into the Digital Age, We Must Empower Teachers
By: Bev Perdue. Much like a paper map, our current educational system is outdated in technology implementation. This post explores two new resources to aid those looking for an update.
Future of Learning
See the Path to Change: How Vision-Setting and Change Management Practices Support Effective School Transformation
By: Stephen Pham. As part of their strategy to capture and share strategies around Blended and Personalized Learning at Work, The Learning Accelerator dove deeply into practices and stories of transformation, uncovering a few consistent strategies that have enabled ongoing success.
Ed Policy
Exploring Accountability in K-12 Digital Education
Digital learning is rapidly growing and evolving. In this new policy brief we answer several pressing questions: What factors are influencing enrollment in digital learning? What is the current state of accountability for digital learning? How can we align school leader and policymaker expectations?
Personalized Learning
How Can We Truly Meet Students Where They Are At?
Competency-based education is a system of instruction where students advance to higher levels of learning when they demonstrate mastery of concepts and skills. In this setting, learning doesn’t rely on time, place or pace.
Personalized Learning
Personalized and Blended Learning Practices
Trying to get started with blended and personalized learning, but not sure where to start? The Learning Accelerator unpacks and shares real examples from the field to further assist educators looking to do this work.
Future of Learning
Accelerating Disruption in Schools
By: Marie Bjerede and Michael Gielniak, Ph.D. Today’s schools continue to be asked to prepare students for jobs, but the jobs have changed. It's time to accelerate the kind of disruption in schools that will change status quo and help students prepare for the future.
Personalized Learning
8 Trends Improving Student Options In Online Learning
It's National Online Learning Day, so in celebration let's take a look back at how far we've come and eight trends we're seeing in online learning today.
Personalized Learning
3 Ways to Implement Blended Learning In The Classroom
By: Rachelle Dene Poth. Here are three different ways to use technology to “blend” or “flip” learning that in my experience have worked well, as well as tools that can offer innovative or creative learning methods in your classroom.
Personalized Learning
6 Best Practices For Expanding A Blended Learning Initiative
By: Andy Franko. For any districts considering a move toward blended learning, here are six lessons our district learned while creating a multidistrict virtual K-12 school.