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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. Today, I’m going back and updating the post with some new thinking, examples of innovation, a revised order, some links for context, and excerpts from longer papers on innovation at the university level. Six Common Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. An example?

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Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

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It dates back to 2008, when an educational journey began in Wyoming that revealed the important role technology plays in enhancing teaching and learning—especially in a rural state. To Address It: To address this, state policies were developed that successfully eliminated any barriers to student access and opportunities.

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15 Non-librarian blog(ger)s too good to miss!

NeverEndingSearch

She also offers a Webinar series. Recent examples of her thoughtful and useful posts are: Developing a Community of Inquiry in Your Blended Classroom, Scavenger Hunt: Get Kids Talking on the 1st Day of School. Some of Catlin Tucker’s books on blended learning. and 3 Ways to Build Student Agency into Your Lessons.

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ISTE SIGMS Election Please Vote for Brenda Now!

The Daring Librarian

I am a member of the 2007 - 2008 cohort of the JHU/ISTE online Graduate Certificate in School Administration and Supervision. I have been serving in this non-elected position since July 2009 organizing the monthly webinars and article discussions." For my ISTE internship, I worked with Jennifer Ragan-Fore as a social media intern.

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

Edmodo was one of the early stars of the most recent resurgence in ed-tech startup founding and funding (circa 2008 onward, that is). Think the private school startup Bridge International Academies that operates in Africa, for example, which Peg Tyre documented so devastatingly in The New York Times Magazine this summer.).

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Dropout Detective Offers Academic ‘Credit Scores’—But Is That a Good Thing?

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Credit scores to boost student success Kona Jones, director of online learning at Richland Community College in Illinois, was brought on in 2008 to improve student success rates, which at the time were hovering around 65 percent—not “horrendous,” she says, but still not good enough. I was getting information I had never had access to.”

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Wahoo! The 2013 Global Education Conference - Still Time to Present + Plan to Attend!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

It is designed to significantly increase opportunities for connecting classrooms while supporting cultural awareness and recognition of diversity and educational access for all. Armstrong''s 2008 TED Prize wish asked to help her assemble the Charter for Compassion, a document around which religious leaders can work together for peace.