article thumbnail

Documenting and Reflecting on Learning

User Generated Education

For example, for a design challenge, I asked learners to include the following vocabulary: design thinking. Here are some example blog posts from 6th grade students: Blogging, as opposed to keeping a hand-written journal of classroom experiences, has unique advantages in my classroom: Learners can easily include photos of their work.

Learning 130
article thumbnail

#AskExcelinEd: How are states advancing next generation learning?

ExcelinEd

State Progress Toward Next Generation Learning includes five key findings about the national landscape of next generation learning programs. are or will soon be administering a next generation learning program. Since 2016, at least 15 states have created new next generation learning programs. Key Findings.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

On the Relationship Between Adopting OER and Improving Student Outcomes

Iterating Toward Openness

As I eventually wrote in Open educational resources: Undertheorized research and untapped potential : Many of the articles reviewed in Hilton (2016), including some articles on which I was an author, are woefully undertheorized. For example, in Robinson et al. According to data in the most widely cited survey , 26.5% ” ??.

OER 147
article thumbnail

Three Ways That Rural States Can Become the Hotbeds for School Edtech Innovation

Edsurge

2016 Wyoming Google Summit. The journey in Wyoming began with new legislation and funding for the development and implementation of grassroots, K-12 and postsecondary distance education courses and programs. We can be the example. They don’t call us Silicon Prairie for nothing.

EdTech 79
article thumbnail

Ed tech companies promise results, but their claims are often based on shoddy research

The Hechinger Report

Examples from The Hechinger Report’s collection of misleading research claims touted by ed tech companies. In 2014, the district’s program evaluation department published a study on the reading program’s impact on student learning, as measured by standardized tests. No other digital intervention program compares.”.

Company 145
article thumbnail

OPINION: When less-affluent families pay too much for child care

The Hechinger Report

I’ve recently carried out analyses using a new federal database (the Early Childhood Program Participation Survey of 2016 ) to calculate hourly and annualized prices for parents who purchase at least eight hours a week of center-based care using their own funds for a child under five who does not have a disability.

article thumbnail

The dark side of education research: widespread bias

The Hechinger Report

In order to tap into federal school improvement funds, for example, low-achieving schools with disadvantaged children are required to select programs that have been rigorously tested and show positive effects. The study, “ Do Developer-Commissioned Evaluations Inflate Effect Sizes?

Education 112