eSchool News

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Located in downtown Providence, Rhode Island, 225 students along with the faculty and staff of the Village Green Virtual Charter High School (VGV) have been pioneering the school of the future—advancing individualized education and family choice by maximizing technology, creating community, reshaping teaching, and redefining school.

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Tom Murray

DECEMBER 26, 2013

The Quakertown Community School District, winner of the 2011 iNACOL Innovative Program Award, has been highlighted by Michael Horn, author of “Disrupting Class,” on numerous occasions for its self-blend educational model. QCSD, a K-12 public school in Bucks County, Pa.,

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 31, 2019

This op-ed is part of a series of reflections on the past decade in education technology. He is currently the chief product officer of Renaissance Learning, which acquired myON in 2018. They were the most powerful companies in education. More broadly, I think the promise of data in education is still proving itself.

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Waterford

OCTOBER 22, 2020

9] Consider trying blended learning , a strategy that involves a mix of independent learning and whole-class lessons. Research in Higher Education Journal, 2011. Interactive Learning Environments, 2016, 24(6), pp. Learning in a mobile age: An investigation of student motivation. Education Week, 2019.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 14, 2017

We focus a lot on the K-12 system of the United States in our blog , and I thought it would be fun and interesting to explore how countries in the developing world are facing their specific educational challenges with blended learning models. Zaya Learning Labs. billion in education budget cuts made in 2015.

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 15, 2022

Conrad and Donaldson (2011) observed the power of reflection in other content areas as well. ” The post Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy appeared first on Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis @coolcatteacher helping educators be excellent every day. Reviewing course content requires that students reflect on the content.

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User Generated Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I am a process-oriented educator. I focus on how to learn rather than what to learn. I’ve addressed this in Freedom to Learn : In order to facilitate these desired elements of learning, I believe it is important to focus on the process of learning rather than the products of learning.

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FuelEd

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Contributor: Amanda Cunningham Thursday, February 4, 2016 - 9:15am In its new series, “Research: Outcomes of Blended/Online Learning Programs,” the Evergreen Education Group takes an in-depth look at successful blended and online programs across the nation to examine the best practices that have created tangible results.

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

I was working in the trenches of the most confrontational aspect of education reform, trying to get laws passed to authorize vouchers, charter schools, tax-credits scholarships and education savings accounts. Professor Christensen was planning to apply the disruptive lens to social issues and education was his first priority.

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The Web20Classroom

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

It''s that time of year again, when bloggers from around the globe submit the best of the best in the education world from the previous year for the Edublog Awards. And we should honor everyone who works tirelessly in schools and in education everyday to make learning better for kids. This is always a tough spot for me.

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Marketplace K-12

AUGUST 1, 2016

On its website, Compass Learning states that it serves more than 2 million students and 70,000 teachers across the U.S. and it was purchased for an estimated $50 million in 2011 by Weld North. Former Kaplan CEO Making Big Moves in Education Market. K-12 Dealmaking: Investor Weld North, Learn Launch Make Big Moves.

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The Electric Educator

JANUARY 24, 2011

Look for them at the next education conference that you attend! Blended Learning is the combination of face to face and online instruction. Look for mobile devices and applications to dominate the news and innovation cycle of 2011. Both Apple and Android report strong sales/downloads of applications to mobile devices.

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Dangerously Irrelevant

JUNE 20, 2015

The issues from our 2011 Iowa, Did You Know? Higher level thinkers don’t just magically emerge from lower level learning spaces. each regional Area Education Agency had the capacity to help its districts create project-based learning ‘incubators?’ (some may already). video still persist. Bottom line.

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 31, 2013

Through the use of technology, collaborative learning exercises, and teaching mathematical concepts in the real-world and interdisciplinary context, she has managed to successfully work towards creating this desired positive and energetic blended learning environment.

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The Electric Educator

NOVEMBER 9, 2011

This week I am hanging out in Indianapolis at the Virtual School Symposium sponsored by the International Association for K12 Online Learning ( iNACOL ). Today I let an all day pre-conference on Google Apps for Education. It was a lively group and I enjoyed working with Cindy Lane and Andy Crozier , two Google Apps experts!

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Waterford

MARCH 3, 2020

Journal of English for Academic Purposes, June 2011, 10(2), pp. Teaching How to Listen: Blended Learning for the Development and Assessment of Listening Skills in a Second Language. Harvard Graduate School of Education. Self-efficacy and academic listening. Develop Listening Skills as a Part of the Curriculum.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 19, 2016

And we're serving more and more students who are just learning English. Educational technology (edtech for short) can play a significant role in mitigating and solving this growing dilemma. If the history of education has taught us anything, it is that education is a human process.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

We can all agree that the phrase “blended learning” is well and truly a part of the modern-day discourse on education; so much so that academics have begun to curate a universal definition, as well as identify sub-themes and genres of the concept. 4 Models of blended learning. In 2012 Heather Staker and Michael B.

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The Thinking Stick

MARCH 8, 2020

NCCE (Northwest Council For Computer Education) being our regional ISTE sponsored conference with somewhere around 1500 participants coming together each year to share and learn. In the two times that I was in Virtual School, we learned that teachers often gave way too much work for students to do at home.

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User Generated Education

AUGUST 12, 2017

I was painfully bored during my K-12 education. My undergraduate education, except for a few bright spots, was just an extension of my K-12 education including more grill and drill with sages on the stages (literally since I went to such a large university); taking notes and taking lots of multiple choice tests. I was wrong.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

- In 2008, Adam Rubin and Todd Kern co-founded 2Revolutions , or 2Rev, because they believed the field of education was siloed, preventing innovation at scale. They created 2Rev as an education design lab—a place where designs for innovative learning models could be developed and tested.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

According to an article published in Education Week in 2016, 27 percent of pre-k-12 teachers were absent for more than 10 school days per school year. teachers in 2011. Our “ELF” is an Electronic Learning Facilitator. The ELF is a full-time, licensed educator, who is trained in the delivery of online instruction.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Personalized learning has been an education buzzword for several years. A recent survey of by the state education technology directors association, or SETDA, put personalized learning at the top of the list of state priorities. But what does personalized learning actually mean, and how can school leaders do it?

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Edsurge

JULY 20, 2016

Over three years, each institution will receive $515,000 “to adopt, implement and scale use of adaptive courseware in high-enrollment, blended learning courses in multiple departments and programs to improve student success,” according to Meaghan Duff, executive director of APLU’s Personalized Learning Consortium (PLC).

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Last week, education startup Fluent City raised $2.5 Lerner Investments led the round, joined by Learn Capital, New Ground Ventures and 1776. The New York City-based language company, founded in 2011, offers 10 language classes along with courses in interior design, mixing cocktails and French culture. Scaling a culture school.

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Learning with 'e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. My fellow students and I watched avidly - I can't recall what the topic was, but I do remember the thrill of the experience - it was fresh and new to be able to watch television in a formal education setting. The future?

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

There are not too many education conferences that flip the script and let CEOs grill investors with questions. According to the BMO Capital Markets Education Training Report, investments in education technology are projected to rebound after a sluggish 2016. Based Education Technology Companies (2011-2016).

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Edsurge

JUNE 3, 2017

There’s a new chief in town at the Education Writers Association, and he’s no stranger to the organization or beat. Greg Toppo, a seasoned education reporter at USA Today, this week made one of his first appearances as board president before the entire membership in Washington D.C. Greg Toppo: That’s a good question.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

Ten years into his 12-year tenure as mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg and his then education chief, Joel Klein, kicked off a program that they hoped would transform education in the city by making schools “centres of innovation,” Bloomberg told the BBC back in 2011. Today that budget is $3.2

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

We started EdSurge in 2011 by focusing on K-12 education. This past March, we began broadening our coverage to include education beyond high school. EdSurge is all about exploring one fundamental question: How can learning be supported by technology? The jobs of the future will demand a highly educated workforce.

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NeverEndingSearch

AUGUST 2, 2019

Since 2013, Jennifer Gonzales has been regularly blowing my mind with her thoughtful blend of effective classroom strategies and what’s new on the horizon that you can use in your classroom or library tomorrow. Simply put, her blog , podcasts and videos will inspire you to be a better educator. Monica Burns: Class Tech Tips.

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techlearning

MAY 2, 2018

2011, Elizabeth Bishop: “Bright objects hypnotize the mind.” Her work in blended learning, student engagement, and social media has been featured by EdWeek, NBC News, Instructor Magazine, Intel, ASCD, and the NEA. Suzy is a SMART Exemplary Educator, FableVision Ambassador, and MassCUE Pathfinder. Miss Brooks!

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 19, 2020

In my newly released, self-paced course, “ Developing the Innovator’s Mindset Through Remote, Face-to-Face, and Blended Learning ,” there is a focus throughout on the following question: “How do we build relationships in remote learning environments and address the social-emotional needs of our students?”

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

In both K12 and higher education options for students to take whole courses, blended courses and—in some places—entire degree programs online are more prevalent than ever. He says that the findings may represent the lack of experience some educators have teaching in online classrooms.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

When I ask teachers, “How would you describe a successful online or blended learning course? Despite the challenges associated with this moment in education, technology is rapidly evolving to allow students more opportunities to engage in social learning spaces online. What would that look like?”

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The Principal of Change

AUGUST 9, 2016

Too often, when educators ask input from students about school, they often ask the ones who have really mastered the system, not necessarily the ones that hate it. I believe in the power of student voice, but to also inform it along the process. If they only know school can look one way, will they really challenge it?

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Edsurge

JULY 7, 2016

The computers were equipped with educational software and wireless connectivity. The MLTI (Maine Learning Technology Initiative) program coevolved with the technology available. The iPad does not direct the education—the teacher does. All 7th and 8th grade students, and their teachers, were provided with Apple 12-inch iBooks.

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