higher education
Personalized Learning
A Dozen Reasons Education Can’t Innovate; A Dozen Ways That’s Changing
Schools just weren't designed to innovate. To the extent that they reflect intentionality, public delivery systems support equity and continuity. But the shift to digital and competency-based learning requires a lot of innovation and change capacity.
Personalized Learning
Connecting Learning and Life: Naviance
So, the next time a student asks, “When will I ever use Geometry in my future?”, hopefully we can help that student see how completing this course helps him or her achieve future goals.
Ed Policy
80% Grad Rates: Great Progress, More to Do
The nation quietly passed an important milestone a couple years ago--more than 80% of high school students graduate. Many people contributed to the improvement--10 are mentioned specifically. CMOs and dropout prevention programs also deserve credit.
Personalized Learning
How Will Universities Flip, Blend And Go Online?
The story behind the scenes is how the diverse web of nearly 5,000 institutions of higher learning in the U.S. are responding to cost pressure, calls for higher completion rates and better job preparation, and student demands for relevance
Personalized Learning
The Future of Online Learning: The Age of Mobile-First Education
By: Rony Zarom. It’s not only students who stand to benefit from the “mobile-first, mobile-most” approach to online education. It also bodes well for curriculum innovation.
Personalized Learning
5 Resources to Help You Flip Your College Classroom
By: Jennifer Rowland. So you want to flip your classroom. That means creating a ton of lecture videos and hosting them on your college’s learning management system or online, right?
Personalized Learning
Best Practices: Reynoldsburg eSTEM Academy Advisory
Reynoldsburg eSTEM Academy uses an advisory system that they call “Fusion” to augment the student’s ability to think of their academic progress as a series of design challenges.
Personalized Learning
A GPS for Every Secondary Student: 10 Key Features
There are 10 benefits that secondary students should expect from school advisory, counseling and guidance systems. These services are gaining importance as digital learning options expand.
Leadership
Signaling Job Readiness: Degrees Decline in Value, Alternatives Emerge
The combination of inflated costs, mounting student debt, and crushing young adult unemployment during the Great Recession have caused many to question the value of degrees.