Learner-Centered
EdTech
Customization is Key to Turning Around Bottom 5% Schools
By: Sajan George. Policy makers at all levels, from school districts to the White House, should look at technology-infused, student-centered models for teaching and learning – as a way of turning around the most challenged schools in America – and for the lessons it can provide for improving education overall.
EdTech
Making Sure People Don’t Get Lost in the EdTech Shuffle
By: Albert Kim. It’s easy to lose sight of the people as you wade through hundreds of new products, tools, and practices at ISTE. So how do schools and nonprofits make sure that people don’t get lost in the EdTech shuffle?
Personalized Learning
10 Conversations at PBL World Focus on Students, Learning
From student-centered learning to parenting for powerful learning to all the new tech tools you could use, PBL World has it all. Here we bring you the top 10 conversations we had yesterday in case you missed it.
Difference Making
Rethinking Assessment to Meet the Demands of the 21st Century Workforce
With innovative teaching models and new assessment capabilities brought about by technology, students and teachers will have greater access to information about levels of understanding, remediation can decrease, and personalized learning at scale will become reality.
EdTech
Nobody is Average, Every Student Deserves Personalized Learning
Todd Rose points out that no student is "average." School designs based on average destroy talent because advanced students aren't challenged and students with specific weaknesses don't have their strengths nurtured.
Personalized Learning
Classrooms of the Near Future: Environment Trumps Technology
By: Nick Friedman. As educators and Edleaders navigate the shift to student-centered models and make decisions on tools and strategies, many are still looking for examples and information on what these environments actually look like.
Personalized Learning
The Importance of Learning Experience Design for Higher Education
Effective learning experience design can create relevant, engaging and memorable educational experiences that successfully address the specific challenges of adult and postsecondary learners.
Personalized Learning
Learning Experience Design vs. User Experience: Moving From “User” to “Learner”
By: Margaret Weigel. Director of Curriculum and Learning Experience Design at Six Red Marbles gives a look into the important shift from "user" to "learner" when creating powerful learning experiences for higher-ed students.
Uncategorized
20 Year Forecast: Broader Aims, Students at the Center
The hunch that encouraging student agency will produce better learning outcomes was pervasive at the Russian sponsored Global Education Futures Forum which met this week in Silicon Valley. Discussions were framed by 16 trends.
EdTech
EdTech 10: Students At The Center
This is one of those weeks in EdTech news that we wish would be every week, because this week the top stories that emerged focused on putting students at the center. When it came to assessments, rights, parents, new videos, reports, and platforms, student learning was paramount.