Edsurge

JUNE 26, 2017

On June 9, the National Education Association heard a flurry of criticism from its union members after publishing an article titled, “ As More Schools Look to Personalized Learning, Teaching May Be About to Change.” I am a special education teacher, so everything feels like personalized learning. What do I need to learn?

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 5, 2019

We live in amazing times where readily accessible research and connectivity converge to not only transform practices but also provide the means to share them for the benefit of others. I have also been blessed to observe great examples that members of my Personal Learning Network (PLN) make available on social media.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 19, 2022

Competency-based learning aims to change the status quo by emphasizing personalized learning paths and how students prove their learning. This change proves highly effective, especially for Higher Ed students who might have already acquired certain skills on the job or through informal learning. Automate mastery.

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eSchool News

APRIL 1, 2024

SAN MATEO and OAKLAND, California — IXL Learning , developer of personalized learning products used by millions of people globally, is excited to announce the acquisition of IXL Learning , the premier online English-language dictionary, as well as Thesaurus.com , home to the world’s largest collection of synonyms and antonyms.

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A Principal's Reflections

AUGUST 18, 2019

Now, Buncee’s recent integration with Microsoft’s Immersive Reader makes the platform even more accessible for students of diverse ages, backgrounds, and abilities to learn 21st-Century Skills and express themselves. Their integration with Immersive Reader is a perfect example of this.

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Neo LMS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

We touched on a variety of topics related to e-learning for schools and universities, from personalized learning to the usefulness of various edtech tools, to cybersecurity in schools, to how to meet students’ various learning needs, and everything in between. 14 Awesome examples of Critical Thinking EdTech.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

First, I did a few Google searches for editable templates, which led me to an array of examples in Google Slides. I then chose one that aligned to the content, in my opinion, developed a learning target, created nine different activities, and hyperlinked to supporting resources.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 9, 2017

A $10 million prize from the national nonprofit XQ Super School Project is already overhauling Vista High, encouraging more cross-disciplinary, independent projects; enhanced access to technology; and close attention to social and emotional skills. Related: Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

More and more schools across the country are thinking beyond academic initiatives, working to broaden the definition of success to ensure all students are healthy, safe, and engaged in their learning. Personalized learning (#4). Real world learning (#8). Teaching with technology (#7).

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 29, 2019

The initiative—made possible by a partnership between Digital Promise and Verizon—works to bridge the Digital Learning Gap by equipping every student and teacher at select middle schools across the country with devices and up to a four-year data plan. These new classes allow for hands-on learning that utilizes technology when applicable.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This effort is aimed at assisting teachers and educators in effectively utilizing the blended learning approach. In this article, I cover a range of definitions of blended learning and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. Auster (2016) defines blended learning in a succinct and clear manner. Fabbian et al, 2017).

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

First, and it will surprise no one that this is the first item on my list, is the definition. Regardless of what other individuals, institutions, or organizations may think or say, UNESCO is the creator of the term “open educational resources” and, as its creator, UNESCO’s definition of OER is the canonical definition.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning. It combines online and face-to-face learning “that uses a variety of tools – digital, artistic, problem-solving, etc. These elements can ensure students meet their potential.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Twenty-year-old Asmaa is an example of how constant change and upheaval were hallmarks of the previous school year. Then COVID-19 catapulted education into crisis mode, forcing her and all students and teachers into at-home learning situations across the world. Access to computers and Wi-Fi at home was woefully inadequate.

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MindShift

JULY 11, 2017

Dillon, now the district’s superintendent (and still its elementary school principal) just wrapped up the first year of a personalized learning program that gives students in all grades an iPad and the ability to master work at their own pace. There’s no cookie-cutter model for personalized learning. Wayne D’Orio).

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 23, 2023

The inclusion of offline access is a significant advantage, ensuring that learning is uninterrupted even in the absence of an internet connection. Key features like voice search, Word of the Day, integrated thesaurus, example sentences, and audio pronunciations elevate the learning experience.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JANUARY 11, 2018

Vicki: Today we’re talking with Kathleen McClaskey @khmmc , founder of Making Learning Personal, about personalizing learning. Defining Personal Learning. Kathleen, how would you define personal learning? Kathleen: Personal learning starts with the learner. Kathleen: Yeah.

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Iterating Toward Openness

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

My recent post about the cost trap and inclusive access prompted responses by Jim Groom and Stephen Downes. For example, in 2015 I wrote that “My ultimate goal is this: I want to (1) radically improve the quality of education as judged by learners, and (2) radically improve access to education.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

I’m always looking to experiment with new practices, and after spending some time reading about what might help me meet the needs of my students, it felt like personalized learning was the next logical step—but I had concerns that my students might not be able to handle the transition.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning. It combines online and face-to-face learning “that uses a variety of tools – digital, artistic, problem-solving, etc. These elements can ensure students meet their potential.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2016

Personalized learning is all the rage. Personalized learning environments can help unleash the power and potential of students to do just that. Fortunately, a tried-and-trued model of personalized learning has been around for more than 100 years. I’d never learned to do that before.”.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

From my point of view educators become quickly attached to one specific social media tool as their go to source for his/her Personal Learning Network (PLN). Take Twitter for example. Now anyone who knows me knows that I absolutely love Twitter as a professional learning and networking tool.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2020

In general, the terms synchronous learning and asynchronous learning have historically referred to online learning. As the lines between online, distance, remote, and blended learning get blurred, these definitions will continue to grow and evolve. Definitions. Synchronous Examples. NOT FLEXIBLE).

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MindShift

OCTOBER 4, 2015

There are a lot of folks on the vendor floor at national conferences who will sell you products that supposedly personalize learning, and much of the buzz around something like Khan Academy is that it personalizes the learning for kids. That’s the model of personalization we want to see schools move toward.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 2, 2018

That heightened sense of ownership, which some research suggests could strengthen students’ desire to learn, is one of the many facets of an educational approach called “personalized learning.” Graduate student Louise Tidmand, who is studying personalized learning at Denmark’s Aarhus University.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The once novel technology behind chess- and gameshow-playing computers is all but commonplace today; it’s in everything from medical diagnostic applications to Gmail spam filters—and as some high school and college students are finding out, a new generation of online tools for foreign language learning.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 5, 2017

AI will definitely change the educational system as we know it, but will it really replace teachers? How come we are so used to some examples of Artificial Intelligence that we don’t even notice it, and be afraid of others, that are not that much different? I was intrigued. And I certainly didn’t change my mind after it.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

All the wishes they’ve expressed are pieces of a personalized learning environment. So wouldn’t it might make sense that, to better prepare teachers to personalize learning for students, we should start by personalizing how we learn and grow in our profession as teachers? Use Time As a Resource.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. And there are definitely times when you do not.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

While there’s no exact formula for a seamless digital transformation, certain school districts are providing examples of how to take this on while keeping learners at the center of everything. When Frederick County Public Schools started the shift toward one-to-one learning, they first needed to know what kids were doing online.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Get the right people in the room to start, and consider who will be involved over time This sounds simple, but spending time thinking about the type of team you want involved at the outset of your personalized learning vision-setting is critical. And there are definitely times when you do not.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

The concept of microschooling gained traction throughout the 2010s, then saw a huge uptick in both interest and new examples during the pandemic. Defining the term can be tricky because they come in so many variations and run with somewhat synonymous terms like learning pods, learning hubs, and some versions of hybrid homeschooling.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 29, 2021

We fought through the unknown and uncertainties to get our students back to in-person learning. We used community engagement sessions to develop a common understanding of equity in Grand Island, and then our school board adopted a resolution supporting that definition.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 31, 2022

You’ll get access to activities, strategies, and tools to improve the four domains of wellness. My aunt, my question on my advice to the young Al Kingsley, apart from probably changing some of his clothing choices, definitely would be. Free Educator Wellness Toolkit. Educator wellness is now more important than ever.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. Abrupt shifts to virtual and hybrid learning laid bare the vast inequities that exist in the U.S.

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Edsurge

JUNE 4, 2018

We offer over 300 professional learning courses that you can take anywhere, anytime. And because you can access them with your mobile devices—your phone, your tablet, your laptop—there’s a pervasiveness in the way you get to your courses. I joke that we do macro and micro personalization. Parent Engagement in the Modern Era.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 21, 2021

And we’ve only seen the beginning—within the next few years, the company is poised to disrupt the healthcare market, become the market leader in online advertising, establish itself as a competitor to USPS, FedX and UPS, and provide global access to broadband internet through a network of satellites orbiting the planet… to name but a few examples.

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