Digital Promise

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Assessment. Research reveals that students ubiquitously perceive assessment as something that is “done to them [sic] by someone else — and is out of their control.” Using technology to support at-risk students’ learning. Promising State Policies for Personalized Learning. Evaluation. Citations. [1] 1993, November).

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Policies Personalized Learning Assessment Professional Learning 177

MindShift

MARCH 6, 2018

After the three schools consolidated during the 2014-15 school year, the newly formed Holmes County Central High School was able to offer five classes, including AP calculus, English language and English literature. million online courses in 2014-15. Department of Education, students took 317,000 online courses.

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Online Learning Learning Course Report 31

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2019

Then it was flipped and sold in 2014 to GIC, a Singapore-based wealth fund, an investment group affiliated with Insight Venture Partners and others, for $752 million. In 2014 the company acquired Ephorus, a Europe-based plagiarism detection tool, and Lightside Labs, which provides automated feedback on student writing.

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Company Industry Software EdTech 165

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

The collaborative identified blended learning as one vehicle to implement competency based education and personalize student learning. With this context in mind, GWAEA launched its blended learning pilot program in 2014, selected for its ability to converge local and state initiatives while providing a pathway to personalized learning.

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Blended Learning Learning Training Assessment 113

Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

The real power of digital technology to increase learning remains untapped. As for MOOCs, in 2012, the elites in higher education discovered online learning, which many others felt they had already invented and improved over the previous 15 years. Sounds familiar—like a prior learning assessment.

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Digital Badges MOOC Technology OER 87

Marketplace K-12

JULY 5, 2016

In the latest dealmaking news, Workday acquired online learning platform Zaption, while Blackboard teamed with Dreamit to support ed-tech startups. Workday Acquires Zaption: Workday , a provider of enterprise cloud management applications for human resources and finance, has acquired online learning platform Zaption.

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Blackboard Company Industry EdTech 53

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

DECEMBER 5, 2014

Welcome to a post where I focus on some simple ways you can begin to blend your learning. I also want to invite you to a very special webinar on Tuesday, December 9, 2014 at 4 PM EST. First, t o ensure you do not miss one of these valuable posts or other resources covering PBL, Digital Curriculum, Web 2.0, I call them starter ideas.

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Blended Learning STEM Learning Conference 137

Education Superhighway

DECEMBER 16, 2014

“2014-15 is the Year of Technology for the Stanfield School District,” Maurice Kerckhof, Technology Coordinator for the Arizona district, enthusiastically declared. With devices and online learning tools purchased and deployed, Maurice and the district have much to be proud of.

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Chromebook Digital Learning Survey Outcomes 63

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

AUGUST 23, 2020

As we think about our work in the past 2019-20 school year, we should reflect on the online learning that had occurred for those of us fortunate enough to have the necessary technology—both at our schools and in our students’ homes. What type of performance-based formative and summative assessment took place?

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Blended Learning LMS STEM Assessment 192

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students refine these skills based on goal-setting, ungraded feedback known as the formative assessment. When they are ready, the students demonstrate their understanding by performing thoughtfully developed tasks that determine how much learning has taken place. This evaluation is called the summative assessment.

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Personalized Learning Learning Policies Assessment 40

edWeb.net

MAY 11, 2020

From an instructional and assessment perspective, Olivia recommends considering the relative importance of teaching critical skills, developing mastery, and providing grades. In that role, Candice focused on advancing and expanding Indiana’s efforts to take advantage of technology to improve student outcomes.

Education 54

Education Secondary Policies Elementary 54

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 14, 2022

The district relied on individual schools to call families, while its department of research, assessment and data conducted surveys at individual school sites to find out whether families had an internet connection and computer access. When he taught at Castlemont in 2014, the school had only one Chromebook cart. “To

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Digital Divide Broadband Chromebook Survey 109

Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

Engagement Active involvement in learning that is relevant, valuable, and interesting Representation Access to multiple ways to experience or receive information Action and Expression Set goals, monitor and track progress toward goals, engage in metacognitive skill-building through self-assessment and demonstrate knowledge in a variety of ways.

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Blended Learning UDL Learning Assessment 545

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

For example, evidence from the Florida Virtual School program shows students did as well or only nominally better than their peers who did not participate in the virtual learning program (Chingos & Schwerdt, 2014). Some of these results are due to the varied levels of effectiveness that a virtual learning experience might offer.

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Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Reading By Example

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

For example, evidence from the Florida Virtual School program shows students did as well or only nominally better than their peers who did not participate in the virtual learning program (Chingos & Schwerdt, 2014). Some of these results are due to the varied levels of effectiveness that a virtual learning experience might offer.

Learning 33

Learning Personal Learning Network Examples Analysis 33

Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. Greater awareness of wholly online learning as a valid model of higher education.

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 62

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

Wednesday, April 9th at 4pm Thinking Scientifically: Video and Formative Assessment with POPstar Robert Miller , POPstar Robert Miller - an award-winning 5th-grade teacher - hosts this interactive workshop covering inquiry-based science curriculum; the creative use of video; and one of his favorite resources, NSTA’s Formative Assessment Probes.

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Conference Digital Badges Libraries Education 53

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

AUGUST 5, 2014

The Learning Revolution Weekly Update August 5th, 2014 One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure. Gardner The Learning Revolution Project highlights our own "conference 2.0" virtual and physical events and those of our over 200 partners in the learning professions.

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eBook Conference Libraries Game-Based Learning 48

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

One of their first stops was Brooklyn Laboratory Schools (LAB), in Brooklyn, New York, founded in 2014 on the premise of creating online personalized learning platforms, forging teacher pathways and building community partnerships. “If Personalized Learning Through Cortex.

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eBook Education Future Ready Libraries 60

EdTechSandyK

APRIL 8, 2014

For my notes on Day 1 of this academy, which took place January 15, 2014, click here. Notes from the Discussion We no longer have to go to school if we want to learn. High school library prediction - Librarians will become resources to help students find online courses. Example: Working toward self assessment of math.

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MOOC Khan Academy BYOD Libraries 75

edWeb.net

JULY 22, 2019

Noakes: She recommended a needs assessment, as Diamond outlined, but said schools often look at the curricular content or internal infrastructure only. Noakes emphasized that the process must include an equity assessment—can all of the students and teachers access the tech outside of school? and Mark C.

EdTech 40

EdTech LMS Robotics Training 40

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2017

In 2014, Kings College in New York became the first university in the U.S. Take LiveEdu , for example, a Y Combinator-backed online learning company that touts itself as being the “next-gen Lynda.com,” referring to a platform that offers online courses and skills training.

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Sony Learning Company lynda.com 99

Mark Smithers

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Thanks to Kate Bowles ( @KateMfD ) for sending me a link to an open Coursesites web site (free registration) that has been created for the MOOC discussion at the forthcoming Universities Australia 2014 conference. Greater awareness of wholly online learning as a valid model of higher education.

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MOOC Course Assessment LMS 32

The Hechinger Report

JUNE 12, 2017

In 2014, the national association of EBS license holders sent the FCC a proposal to make a public inventory of available spectrum, and then gradually open it up for applications from school districts and nonprofits. To qualify for the waivers, the spectrum must be used entirely for education and, importantly, the license cannot be leased.

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Broadband Digital Divide Accessibility Blackboard 88

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 19, 2018

Related: Can online learning level the AP playing field for rural kids? She taught English for 33 years — 14 of them in Jackson Public Schools — before retiring in 2014 to take care of her disabled son. percent were proficient in math based on assessments for grades three through eight.

Education 69

Education Report Groups Classroom 69

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2012

By 2014 there will be more connected cell phones than people on the planet. Online learning between institutions and the creation of open teaching materials as well as collaborative learning are key to working in a more global and collaborative world. The network is everywhere and it is now about freedom of speech.

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Technology Education Video Policies 61

Digital Promise

JUNE 30, 2020

In 2014, the Nashville Public Library Foundation approached local adult education providers to form a learning group that could collectively envision strategies to improve services for learners. food, unemployment, housing).

Libraries 209

Libraries Case Study Data System 209

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Online education has been touted as a way to increase access to education. But it’s increasingly unclear if online learning is living up to its promise for students, even as digital learning makes its way into more institutions’ offerings. This has all left us asking: Who does online education really serve?

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Course Online Learning Video System 117

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The program he’s referring to is an online learning platform, Edgenuity. During the 2016-17 school year, 71 schools in the state used online learning platforms, according to the Mississippi Department of Education. Online learning platforms like that where you don’t have a teacher just scream, ‘Nobody cares about you.’”.

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Edmentum Education Course Online Learning 111

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

He quickly began supplementing his education with online courses from Stanford and Carnegie Mellon. Between 2014 and 2016 Usman earned 21. I found Usman when I was combing through a list of +Acumen “power users” one day in 2014, looking to better understand the stories of people who not only enroll in, but.

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MOOC Course Coursera Online Learning 96

The Hechinger Report

MAY 2, 2020

But Logan’s feelings about online learning are common. Surveys and interviews routinely find that many students prefer learning directly from teachers and get tired of looking at screens. I just don’t like doing work on an online platform. Related: The messy reality of personalized learning.

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Learning Laptops Personalized Learning Data 121

Kitaboo on EdTech

JULY 25, 2022

You can create classes and attendance lists, deliver learning modules, give assessments and provide feedback, and much more. Higher education institutions and corporate organizations are increasingly employing a learning management system to create, deploy and deliver online or blended courses.

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Moodle LMS eBook Blended Learning 52

edWeb.net

MAY 7, 2021

In an edLeader Panel , sponsored by CatchOn, An ENA Affiliate and Battelle for Kids , school administrators emphasized pandemic-triggered changes are lessons learned that can frame effective educational practices moving forward. At the start of the pandemic in March 2020, schools defaulted to online learning.

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Learning Data Outcomes Survey 95

Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

The post that originally appeared on this page in 2014 was completely out of date. They can be displayed online, and many also have connected data that shows how the badge was earned. They can range from a simple, digital sticker to something much more complex like passing an assessment or competency. Show off!).

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Digital Badges Classroom Blended Learning Adobe 101

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The shift from a traditional ‘sage on a stage’ role to helping students learn at their own pace can be challenging, requiring a lot of professional development for teachers. As part of their jobs, special education teachers assess students and develop teaching plans based on each student’s skill levels.

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Personalized Learning Education Learning Elementary 145

EdTechSandyK

MARCH 8, 2011

(Source: Kaiser Family Foundation Study - m2 Millennials Study) An online digital resource helps bridge the gap between what is going on at home and what is going on at school. By 2014, every single student in college will take at least one course online. Having them all in the correct balance makes learning very rich.

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Wiki Education LMS Blended Learning 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 15, 2014

Learn about the resources that can help district leaders develop the next generation network infrastructure necessary to support multiple mobile devices on and off campus, the delivery of digital content, and administration of online assessments. Read more and register for this event here. Or sign up to be an Inpire Presenter !

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BYOD Libraries Conference Learning 52