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Promoting Quality Online Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 26, 2011

Fordham is launching a series of working papers on digital learning. Rick Hess makes an important contribution with the first paper focused on quality

Personalized Learning

Assessment as Portfolio of Personal Bests

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 25, 2011

In the most interesting comment of the day, Coleman said, “I like to think of assessment as a series of personal bests.”

Personalized Learning

No excuse for sucky items

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 23, 2011

This country is stuck in a psychometric box based on a history of data poverty. Cisco's John Behrens developed an assessment system that is rigorous, scalable, and available on demand. K-12 should take note.

EdTech

It's Not a Matter of Time

Chris Sturgis

Jul 19, 2011

Chris Sturgis highlights two papers from iNACOL and questions how disruptive innovation theories apply to goods and services where there is a market failure, i.e. education.

EdTech

Do the Classroom Flip: Humanizing School Through Technology

Chris Sturgis

Jul 19, 2011

Chris Sturgis discusses many of the advancements in regards to technology in the classroom.

Personalized Learning

Motivational Profiles

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 13, 2011

Mining the combined data from home and school will yield rich and powerful motivational profiles that will power smart recommendation engines--and that's when we'll see the real power of customized learning.

Personalized Learning

2x Time with Digital Learning

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 8, 2011

Personal digital learning and partnerships with community based organizations have the potential to double learning time for kids that need it most

Personalized Learning

More on Assessment: Revolution not Evolution

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 6, 2011

A state testing director said “We need assessment revolution not evolution" but he and his colleagues are in a tough box. It will take leadership and support to launch better assessment systems.

Personalized Learning

More On Assessment

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 1, 2011

I don't want one big cheap end of year test used for more than it should be. I don't want it to lock in the teacher-centric age cohort model for another decade. I don't want simple assessments, I want complex performance based assessments.

Personalized Learning

Education leaders urge assessment innovation, not super test

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 30, 2011

60 educational leaders released an open letter today calling for testing consortia to support emerging models of innovative schooling

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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