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Using adaptive learning to personalize learning experiences

Neo LMS

A version of this post was originally published on August 13, 2020, in Open Access Government. The ideal learning process for a student is one that adapts to that student’s every need: the surrounding environment, the actual content of the lesson, the method of delivery, the types of assessment — and everything in between.

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Utah STEM Action Center Adds IXL Math to K-12 Personalized Learning Grant List

eSchool News

IXL , the personalized learning platform used by more than 14 million students, announced that it has been added to Utah’s K-12 Math Personalized Learning Software Grant list by the state’s STEM Action Center. SAN MATEO, Calif. — About IXL Currently used by 14 million students and in 95 of the top 100 U.S.

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PROOF POINTS: Combining remote and in-person learning led to chaos, study finds

The Hechinger Report

Now a small study of teachers across nine states finds that this hybrid solution is the worst way to teach because it’s exhausting for teachers to toggle back and forth between the two modes and all students appear to learn less this way. It’s a professional assessment of a flawed model. It’s completely absurd.”.

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3 key considerations for the future of assessments

eSchool News

The cancellation of summative assessments in the spring of 2020, coupled with the variability of the spring 2021 testing season, significantly impacted the K–12 assessment landscape, making formative and frequent checks for understanding an educators’ main line of sight into what students know and don’t know.

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Why Assessments Are Still Useful — and Accurate — in a Pandemic Year

Edsurge

As most school systems have learned by now, assessing learning in a pandemic comes with all sorts of challenges, including but not limited to how (and where) to assess students and whether the data being gathered is even accurate. Here’s how we made key decisions about assessments and what to do with the data we gathered.

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One Step at a Time: A Traditional School’s Journey Into Personalized Learning

Edsurge

It is a part of the Lumen Christi Academies , a group of Catholic schools in the San Francisco Bay Area whose mission is to “nurture ethical scholars who will change the world” through active, personalized and student-led learning. Microshifts in Practice 1. It’s one small step at a time.

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Meet the CYPHER LEARNING team at Bett 2022

Neo LMS

Now more than ever, it’s the perfect time to find inspiration, add more professionals to your personal learning network (PLN) and discover new teaching and learning tools to enhance your practice. We like to make sure that everyone has a great time as you can see in this highlight video from 2020.

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