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10 Big Advances in the last 12 months
Susan Patrick, iNACOL Fifteen years ago when I was a superintendent, online learning was a new idea in K-12. Six years ago when Susan Patrick joined iNACOL as Executive Director, it represented a small but growing fringe. And now, while many reform groups continue to fight old battles,…
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iNACOL Releases New Online & Blended Learning Study
The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) released the new study Online and Blended Learning: A Survey of Policy and Practice of K-12 Schools Around the World today at the Virtual School Symposium in Indianapolis.
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#ETLC11: Blue Ridge Virtual Learning
Cool evenings and muted colors signal November in the Blue Ridge Mountains. I’m in Roanoke Virginia for the 17th annual Educational Technology Leadership Conference hosted by Virginia Tech. I met a teacher from southwest Virginia who’s family works in the mines—imagine a career crawling around inside narrow…
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Q&A: K12 Discusses the Challenges & Benefits of Blended Learning
K12, Inc., a K-12 online learning provider delivers a 1:1 education approach with individualized instruction for every student. The online school currently has a 95 percent satisfaction rating in its delivery of fully online schools and courses. Today, Darren Reed, the Vice President of Blended Schools at K12, has given us some insights into online and blended learning.
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Michael Crow Remarks on University Design
Michael Crow, the president at Arizona State University, remarks on current and future university design across the country at the Future of State Universities Conference this October in Dallas, Texas. Crow argues that we need to design universities that are widely accessible to everyone, highly focused on problem solving for a more competitive economy and especially supportive of the children of the working class. He says that most public universities today would be unwilling to take on this model because it's too complex and tough to implement.
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Top 10 Impactful Education White Papers & Reports
Check out these 10 impactful white papers and reports on the ways that education will shift in the future: A Natural Primer On K-12 Online Learning, Version 2 Blended Learning: The Convergence of Online and Face-to-Face Education Keeping Pace with K-12 Online Learning The Online Learning…
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10 Reasons the Shift May Happen Faster Than You Think
At the State EdTech Directors Association (SETDA) annual conference I talked about a dozen of the factors accelerating the shift to digital learning: 1. Cheap tablets: they cost less than a backpack of books. 2. More broadband and promising initiatives to extend access to low income families.
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Webinar: The Promise & Potential of Personal Digital Learning
Tom Vander Ark presented innovative ideas for blended learning Friday for 700 schools nationwide during the webinar "The Promise and Potential of Personal Digital Learning," which was hosted by Sevenstar Academy.
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Smart Laws of Technology
John Smart is a futurist that works with some of my former colleagues from the X Prize Foundation. He’s the founder and president of the Acceleration Studies Foundation (ASF, Accelerating.org) a nonprofit community that seeks to help individuals better understand and manage continuous accelerating change. …
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OERu: Open Content to Expand College Access
OERu seeks to create new affordable learning pathways for low income adults worldwide based on open education resources (OER). Sponsored by the OER Foundation and Hewlett Foundation, the work is advanced by 13 partner institutions including Empire State, SUNY.