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Tom Watkins 10 Personal Recommended Action Steps Innovative Learning
Tom Walkins argued that personal digital learning made obsolete the existing confinements of 180 days, 6 hour days, 4 walls of a classroom, and the 2 covers of a textbook. Tom concluded with 10 recommended action steps to innovative learning.
Online Learning Growing Faster than Expected
A recent Ambient Insight report suggests that online learning is growing even faster than expected and now over 4 million students are currently participating in some kind of formal virtual learning program.
Carpe Diem: the best of school leadership and management
Carpe Diem uses an online learning system called e2020 for primary instructional delivery and it is a strong management and monitoring system.
John Super, AdvancePath President
Q & A with John Super of AdvancePath a dropout prevention/ recovery network.
P2P
Many innovations in learning outside the formal system and the pathway into the system and peer-to-peer networks are on the rise.
5 Ways to Unleash Education Innovation
I spent Thursday at the Harvard Graduate School of Education discussing the learning experiences and environments most likely to support development of high quality work products and real college and career readiness.
10 Megatrends Shaping the World
Expanding access to personal digital learning is one of the most important world shaping megatrends. People, schools, states, and countries will be connected to the global economy through education and learning.
Differentiated Instruction
Lisa Nielsen offers an alternative to differentiated instruction: great idea, hard to practice–at least the way most schools and classrooms are organized.
The Importance of Value Added
The combination of digital learning and performance based reviews could make it much easier to measure student progress and transform todays education system.
Changing the Learning Curve
Using digital learning and personalized learning there is a way to change the learning curve, especially during major budget cuts.