digital learning

Personalized Learning

Minnesota Dreamin'

Tom Vander Ark

Apr 4, 2011

I visited the Minnesorta Senate Education Committee and spoke on online and blended learning. I advised them on the optimistic opportunities that personal digital learning would be better meet the needs of individual students and would be cost effectively extend the day and year.

Personalized Learning

In the CUE

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 24, 2011

Last week, Tom attended the CUE edtech conference in Palm Springs, CA. The conference focused on the expanding shift to cloud computing as well as the development of customizable students desktops options. Also in attendance was the ever present smartboard technology along with the notion of mobile student technology and online assessment. This conference clearly demonstrates the progression of digital learning and its implications.

EdTech

Adam Hall, President of SkillsTutor

Katie Vander Ark

Mar 18, 2011

edReformer discusses the launch of SkillsTutor Mobile with SkillsTutor President Adam Hall.

Personalized Learning

Next Gen Learning Platforms

Tom Vander Ark

Mar 9, 2011

There needs to be a shift from the idea of 'common curriculum' to a next generation platform that allows for multiple pathways and customized playlists for students.

EdTech

Bonk: The World is Open

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 4, 2011

Bonk's The World is Open is the most complete review of learning technology and trends.

EdTech

Google Building Digital Learning Apps

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 3, 2011

Google, Apple, News Corp. and education entrepreneurs are making 2011 the year of digital learning. Which policy makers will lead the way as well?

Personalized Learning

Can Teachers Run Schools?

Tom Vander Ark

Jan 2, 2011

Edvisions pilots innovations in school governance, pedagogy, staffing, teacher evaluation, and student progress

EdTech

Digital Learning Will Change Knowledge Creation

Katie Vander Ark

Dec 30, 2010

Scholarly publishers are in a new soup of knowledge creation, much of it outside academe. Read conclusions from Alix Vance, Scholarly Kitchen.

Personalized Learning

10 Blended High School Models

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 26, 2010

Blended high schools incorporate multiple modes of learning to prepare students for college and careers. Here's 10 models.

Personalized Learning

Blend don’t Cram

Tom Vander Ark

Dec 23, 2010

Cramming computers in to existing 50 minute periods won't help much; we need to rethink and redesign school to make bigger connections for kids.

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	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing