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Blended Learning Leverages Great Teachers
Opportunity at the Top, a great report from Public Impact, points out that it’s great teachers that close achievement gaps but that all current efforts will fall well short of ensuring that all US students see the benefits. The problem is that we’re trying to solve the wrong problem–there’s just…
You Wouldn't Inhibit Amazon, Why Education?
Former West Virginia Governor Bob Wise talks with edReformer about equity strategies and policy for education in anticipation of the SIIA August 4-6 Personalized Learning Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts.
Personalized Learning is Ongoing Student-Led Improvement
We talk with Wendy Battino, Co-founder and Executive Director of Re-Inventing Schools Coalition in Alaska as part of our series of leadership interviews prior to the SIIA Personalized Learning Symposium in Boston, Massachusetts August 4-6.
Enabling Personalized Learning to Trust the Future
Sir Ken Robinson, a public lecturer and author, says we must enable creativity and risk-taking thinking for our future, because our current education system has trained it out of most present generations.
The New Learning Landscape
No more lowest common denominator bargaining. That world no longer exists and it's time to learn.
New Hope for Alternative Teaching Certification?
PBS TeacherLine and NBPTS Offer Six-Week Online Training Course For Educators Who Provide Support To Teachers Pursuing National Board Certification
Step Function Improvement
As the learning revolution matures, it is likely to be turbocharged by lessons about the neuropsychology of learning and motivation. I don’t think we know much about this and don’t use what we know very effectively, but we are likely to learn far more than we know in the coming decade.
3 Pivot Points to a Performance-Based Education System
In education, there’s a lot up in the air right now: standards, testing, employment practices, budgets, student technology, online learning, and federal policy. It’s conceivable that if we took advantage of the uncertainty, a few places could emerge with a better and cheaper education system. Here’s three pivot points that…
Thoughts on Consumer Learning
Consumer learning will get big. Consumer learning will be social. Consumer learning will be freemium: free plus premium services. Consumer learning will incorporate Massively Multiplayer Online learning games and learning environments (MMOLG, MMOLE). Consumer learning will mobilize money, energize entrepreneurs, and personalize a process that for…
Emerging Vision for Learning Platforms
There are a handful of conversations swirling around about next generation learning platforms that will combine adaptive/personalized content, assessment, learning communities, with aligned student, teacher, and school services. The ones that gain wide usage will combine open and proprietary content (e.g., basic and premium cable) with a open app platform…