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4 Truths About Effective PBL Leaders
By: Jennifer Cruz. The most effective PBL leaders begin with why. To reach the goal, everyone has to know the plan. Effective leaders are model learners, and they make time for reflection and celebration.
CompetencyEd And Why Everyone Should Learn To Code
By: Melinda Barlow. Why competency-based learning models and learning to code promotes dynamic and flexible exchanges and enables students to think and function in ways that supports greater opportunities for careers.
3 Ways Parents Can Spot Student-Centered Learning
What can parents look for to determine if their child is in a student-centered learning environment? Here’s advice from a mother of two school-aged children, a former classroom teacher and a current advocate for student-centered learning.
It’s Time For Students To Own The Student Record: B2C LMS Companion
Secondary and postsecondary students should have cost free access to a personal companion to the school's learning management system, a business to consumer (B2C) LMS companion that is a private portable profile.
Impact at Scale: The Learning Platform Series
It will soon be easier to create a sequence of powerful learning experiences for students -- and do it consistently well at scale. For the next six weeks we’ll be reviewing progress on next-gen learning platforms.
How To Choose A Blended Learning Professional Services Partner
By: Luis Rodriguez. Whether you call them implementation experts, technical assistance providers, or consulting partners, how should you pick the right blended learning professional services partner for your district?
How should principals be trained? Like MBAs? Like CEOs?
New “Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning” project draws on the expertise of researchers, practitioners and pioneers who have made tackling the leadership challenge a key part of their mission.
7 Things EdLeaders Should Do
Opportunities in school leadership are great but so are the challenges. There are seven steps to transform a school or district.
How Learning Will Work in the Near Future: 12 Features of Next-Gen Platforms
Learning platforms will be foundational to the development and adoption of next-gen learning. Here are core elements of next-gen platforms, how platforms can develop into ecosystems, and investment mechanisms, and example initiatives for philanthropists who want to accelerate progress.
Design Thinking Course Trains Future EdLeaders
Reflecting on our visit to UW’s Danforth Program that working to transform principal leadership training to create Deeper Learning experiences for emerging EdLeaders.