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Teacher-Led Blended Learning, Students Win
There are three moments that addict me to teaching. When students have “light up,” “light bulb,” and “lead” moments. Creating an environment that fosters the space for these is becoming easier as the tools at our fingertips continue to improve. I see technology as a cornerstone of education that can help bring to life content for students.
EdTech
iLearn Project & Digital Learning Now! Host Wash. Online Learning Symposium
iLearn Project partnered with Digital Learning Now! to host a Washington Online Learning Symposium for state policymakers to cover the basics of online learning, Washington's current policies, and the next steps toward unlocking the full potential of online learning in Washington.
EdTech
Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education
Daphne Koller recently made an excellent case for online learning in her New York Times article "Death Knell for the Lecture: Technology as a Passport to Personalized Education." Her article brings logic to the shift toward increased classroom technology with a view back into history about the ways technology improved our lives over time.
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Digital Learning Addresses Challenges in K-12
Two years ago Bob Wise and the Alliance issued an important Online Learning Imperative. They recently updated it and the EdWeek Digital Education Team reviewed it.
Personalized Learning
Online PE: Not Just a Virtual Workout
More than one in three American children are currently overweight or obese. These astounding statistics have been screaming the need for change for many years now. Online learning has provided solutions in academic arenas, but can it help our children’s health as well. Let’s enter the online world of physical education (PE).
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Blending Math Games Gets Big Results in Big Trials
MIND Research Institute, an southern California nonprofit, developed an innovative way to teach math—and it works. Trials involving almost 60,000 students indicate that it typically doubles math gains. They use visual games that all involve moving a penguin named Jiji across the screen. It’s all done without a word of instruction. The visual approach works for visual learners, students new to English, or students experiencing reading difficulties—in other words, it works for most kids.
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Q&A: Director of Online Academic Management at Rasmussen College
We had the opportunity to interview Ann Morgan, the Director of Online Academic Management at Rasmussen College. In this role, she oversees the academic delivery of online degree programs at the college. Learn more about her thoughts on the quality of online education and new advancements in online learning.
Personalized Learning
How EdTech Will Benefit Low Income Students
Digital learning won’t necessarily close the achievement gap between income groups, but it will lift the floor. More students will be more academically successful. Five years from now, a higher percentage of students will soon graduate from high school ready for college and careers. Most will have benefited from Common Core expectations. Some will have benefited from Race to the Top funded programs. Many will have benefited from these 10 reasons that digital learning will benefit low income students.
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5 things you’ll see more of in 2012
The year coming to a close was difficult for many educators given a second year of budget cutting but it was an inflection point in the shift to personal digital learning. As we turn the corner from the old batch-print system you will see more of these 5 things in 2012: android tabs, playlists, BYOD, online learning, and investment.
Personalized Learning
Blended Learning: What Research Says
A new Kaplan white paper suggests that effective online and/or blended learning is personalized and adaptive to meet individual learning needs; supports high levels of cognitive engagement in meeting learning objectives; and balances computer- or teacher-led guidance with learner control.