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WHAT’S NEW

techlearning

FRIDAY INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATION AT NC STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENT LEAD ONLINE COURSE ( www.fi.ncsu.edu ) The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation in the College of Education at NC State University launched Students LEAD (Learn, Explore, & Advocate Differently), a course that helps students understand their own style of learning.

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Tipping point: Can Summit put personalized learning over the top?

The Hechinger Report

The change is part of a nationwide pilot program Walsh joined this year, one that could indicate just how deeply and how quickly the personalized-learning trend will penetrate the average classroom. Many watched instructional videos or worked with adaptive-learning software that adjusted lessons based on each student’s proficiency.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. In 2011, Barber went to work for Pearson as its Chief Education Advisor, continuing his advocacy for competition, data collection, measurements, and standards-based reforms.

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