learning design
Organizing a Modern Edtech Stack for Modern Pedagogy, Part II: The LMS
In part two of a series of investigating your edtech stack, Eric outlines how to evaluate your LMS.
What is Vertical Coherence and Why Does it Matter for Equity?
By: Liisa Potts & Jamilah Hicks. Vertical coherence can be used to facilitate student mastery and affect the equity outcome for students.
Summer Learning Opportunities for Community and Real World Experiences
Summer learning is full of opportunities to get students engaged in new ways of learning, being within their community, and getting professional skils.
How Speech and Language Deficits Can Affect a Child’s Academic Success
By: Leanne Sherred. Speech and language challenges can affect how children perform in school, including the development of early literacy skills and their mental well-being. In this post, we discuss how communication difficulties can affect academic performance and the benefits of early intervention.
What’s the EdTech Vaccine? 10 Design Principles
There are 10 design shifts that represent an opportunity in learner experience and supporting learning tools that can improve the life trajectories of billions.
Getting Clearer: Schooling Loss, Not Learning Loss
By: Kelly Niccolls & Rebecca Midles. Students have experienced school loss and peer interaction loss, not learning loss. Kelly and Rebecca outline how educators can help students continue forward in their learning journey.
4 Tiers Of Showcasing Student Work
The more we showcase student work - exhibitions, other events, digital spaces, and entering contests - the more students care about producing high-quality work.
Delivering Essential Skills for Students by Students
By: Crystal Everett. Life Skills Series: KCPS Edition, is a real-world learning project supporting Kansas City Public Schools students to acquire the skills needed for the future of work.
The United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals Could Be Our Standards
International Educator and Thought Leader Nicholas Martino is advocating that we could use the United Nations 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a framework for teaching and learning.
Q&A with Author, Educator Matt Miller on ‘Ditch That Textbook’ and ‘Ditch That Homework”
By: Michael Niehoff. Michael interviews Matt Miller about this second book 'Ditch That Textbook'.