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2011 Virtual School Symposium Recap

The Electric Educator

2011 iNACOL Virtual School Symposium This week I attended the 2011 Virtual School Symposium in Indianapolis, Indiana. Over 1,900 educators interested in online learning were in attendance. K-12 Online learning is in a state of great flux. vss11 online learning'

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Week of January 24, 2011 - Live, Interactive, and Free Webinars in Elluminate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

[link] JANUARY MOODLE FORUM: THE LANDSCAPE OF K-12 ONLINE LEARNING ( Host Your Own Webinar Series ) Wed 26 Jan 03:30PM New York / Wed 26 Jan 08:30PM GMT / Thu 27 Jan 07:30AM Sydney Laura Mikowychok. Join Laura and special guest Allison Powell, Vice President of iNACOL, for "The Landscape of K-12 Online Learning".

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Chance encounters

Learning with 'e's

I was on a lecture tour of New Zealand in 2011, and was thoroughly enjoying my time travelling around the beautiful North Island, speaking at events in Auckland, Hamilton, Rotorua, Whangarei, and of course, the capital city, Wellington. I was at a loose end on Sunday, so I wandered down to the centre of the town and spotted a tour advert.

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What 10 Years of K-12 Online Professional Development Taught New Hampshire

Edsurge

Through consistent support and feedback and flexibility in scheduling, the OPEN NH program , run by the Office of Educational Technology at the New Hampshire Department of Education since 2005, offers high-quality, seven-week online professional development courses that focus on content and pedagogical knowledge, and emphasize active learning.

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Special Webinar - Live from the Middle East: Classroom Connections Amidst Political Changes

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Date : Wednesday, April 20th, 2011 Time : 12pm Pacific / 3pm Eastern / 19:00 GMT ( international times here ) Duration : 1 hour Location : In Elluminate. She has completed a BA in economics and a MS in online learning and teaching. Log in at https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=M.99FE0DD46154902A21DBBF11F33F43.

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The massive experiment in New Orleans schools that few have noticed

The Hechinger Report

“Personalized learning is not something you buy,” emphasized Chris Liang-Vergara, a consultant from the Chicago organization LEAP Innovations who helped charter Firstline Schools pilot its personalized learning programs between 2011 and 2014. “It’s It’s a teacher practice; it’s a teacher design.”.

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Dealing with digital distraction

The Hechinger Report

Between 2011 and 2017, the percentage of American adults who own a smartphone more than doubled, to 77 percent , according to the Pew Research Center. The advent of social media supercharged FOMO, and the term was popularized by MIT psychologist and sociologist Sherry Turkle in her 2011 book, “Alone Together.”.