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Million-Dollar Advice: The High Cost and Limited Return on Personalized Learning Consulting

Edsurge

Follow education technology-reform projects, and you’ll find mixed academic outcomes and expensive consultants. In less than two years, between 2015 and 2017, the district paid more than $4.5 million to the firm for personalized-learning consulting services. Take Fulton County School District, in Georgia.

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Learning Styles: Fact or Fiction? What This Decades-Old Theory Can Teach Us

Waterford

One study conducted in Taiwan, for example, came to the conclusion that educating students on learning styles can encourage self-reflection—always a positive thing.[9] 9] In another study, a professor at Auburn University found that using learning styles to teach concepts to individual students can improve information recall.[15]

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'Lost in the Cracks' Alabama District Brings Personalized Learning to Incarcerated Youth

Edsurge

In 2015, after the state passed a law requiring each local board of education to have a virtual option for students in grades 9-12, the Athens City School District created Renaissance. “We We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them. International License.

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4 Critical Characteristics of High-Quality Instructional Content

Edsurge

E-textbooks: A Personalized Learning Experience or a Digital Distraction? Teaching in a Digital Age: How Educators Use Technology to Improve Student Learning. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools. Teachers Know Best: What Educators Want from Digital Instruction Tools.

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DON’T MISS IT: Teachers Leading Teachers Online Conference Starts Thursday

The CoolCatTeacher

July 16-20, 2015 (Live and Video Recordings Available). I will present Differentiating Instruction with Technology , at 9:30 am EDT Friday. Friday, July 17, 2015. 9:30 am – 10:30 am Vicki Davis – Differentiating Instruction with Technology. Friday, July 17, 2015.

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Stepping Toward Personalized Learning and a Lesson on Walls… plus a Free Webinar

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

I want to take a break from my Over 70 STEM Resource Series to have a conversation on Personalized Learning and its relationship to the Walls of education. Please take a moment to read and reflect on my ideas of what Personalized Learning might be and realize that there may be other translations. Register Here.

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Characteristics of The 21st Century Teachers

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

The pace of change, driven predominantly by the rapid encroachment of digital and now AI technologies, has accelerated dramatically. The fast-paced evolution in educational technology and methodologies necessitates a fresh look at what features teachers should exhibit to be effective and relevant in this ever-changing environment.

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