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Not So Typical Personalized Learning Predictions for 2019

Education Elements

It started with scuba diving in 2003, snowboarding in 2008, swimming in 2013, and this year was surfing. Every 4-5 years, I try to pick up a new activity and focus on it until I get to a level of intermediate competency. I took a 3-day boot camp with a private instructor where it turns out I had a different instructor each of the 3 days.

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[Guest Post] The Future of Learning is Now

Education Elements

It also helped launch KIPP Empower Academy in Los Angeles whose blended design was Anthony Kim’s first project that led to the formation of Education Elements. Prominent among those were the Alliance for Excellent Education, the Clayton Christensen Institute, the Foundation for Excellence in Education and iNACOL.

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How Mastery Design Collaborative Helps Schools Redesign their Models to Personalize Learning

Edsurge

Jeffrey Tsang and Samir Bolar co-founded Mastery Design Collaborative (MDC) in 2013 with funding from the Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation and The Learning Accelerator. After parting ways with Education Elements, Tiang and Bolar wanted to continue to consult with schools and districts, focusing exclusively on working as a service provider.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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Erasing the Look and Feel of Poverty

Digital Promise

now live in poverty, a mark hit in 2013 for the first time in 50 years, according to the Southern Education Foundation. For these students, poverty brings a host of other disadvantages, most beyond the school district’s control: broken homes, transient living situations, and a lack of educational support at home.

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7 Pandemic Board Game Additions to Liven Up Your Game

Fractus Learning

Since then, an updated version of the Pandemic board game was released in 2013. Add an Educational Element. The original version of Pandemic (the one with the wonderfully old-school box art) was released back in 2008. Scenario downloads: Pandemic Scenario #1: Isolation – download.