The Hechinger Report

JULY 1, 2018

Concerns about the content, or even the variable pace, of personalized learning derive from a middle-class educational ideal that is outdated and misses the point, says Trace Pickering, proponent of personalized learning, leader of Education Reimagined and co-founder of Iowa BIG, an experience-based high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Wednesday, February 19th at 4:30pm BrainPOP: Beyond the Flipped Classroom with POPstar Lisa Parisi , Some call it the “flipped” classroom with “blended” learning, others call it good instruction that takes advantage of modern technology and media. Learn more and register here. Register here. Are quizzes and attendance enough?

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 24, 2016

I hoped to move on from there to what I called “approaches”, ways of using tech that didn’t depend on a specific platform – i.e., gaming and gamification, blended learning, distance learning, MOOCs, mobile, and digital literacy. Online learning is on the rise.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

FEBRUARY 9, 2015

In addition to new definitions, models, and strategies, citations and references will also be added periodically, as will updates, corrections, edits, and revisions. Blended Learning. Blended learning is a learning model that combines digital and face-to-face learning experiences. ” (3).

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Technology Learning BYOD Digital Citizenship 40

Educator Innovator

OCTOBER 7, 2015

isn’t simply limited to YouTube either (though it does work seamlessly there); Khan, Vimeo, and several MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) platforms work as well. The tool encourages students to not simply listen to the content, but also to employ visual and oral comprehension strategies, along with writing processes.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 20, 2015

In todays show, we will share and demonstrate tips and tricks to creating the perfect project based, blended learning lessons for students of all ages and grade levels. Monday, April 27th at 5pm edWeb Webinar: Getting Started with Game-Based Learning , Are you curious about game-based learning, but don’t know where to begin?

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ViewSonic Education

DECEMBER 27, 2018

Dr. Neelam Parmar; Teacher & Director of E-learning for Primary & Secondary Schools. As the name implies, a flipped classroom model is a pedagogical strategy in which classroom based learning is flipped. This creates a feel of blended learning methods. So what does this mean?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Kevin Hogan One of the biggest promises—or some would say threats—of flipped classroom/blended learning school strategies in winters past was the death of the snow day. Goodbye snowmen and hot chocolate and hello MOOCs and remote check-ins!

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E-rate MOOC Flipped Classroom Blended Learning 40

Bryan Alexander

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Revolution sees 2012 as a critical year (“the Magic Year”) when forces really came together, including, but not limited to, MOOCs. I followed up by asking which strategies the academic elite will use to maintain the system it presides over for the next decade. General Q+A.

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Trends MOOC Education Blended Learning 40

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Highlighted Recordings Brandon Wiley from the Global Education Conference 2013 - on "Six School-Wide Strategies to Globalize Your School" [link] Susan Hildreth from the Library 2.012 - on "A Vision of 21st Century Libraries" [link] Blake Boles from the Future of Education - on "Better Than College" [link] Conversations Classroom 2.0

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Libraries Google Common Core Conference 51

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Dr. Thi Tuyet Tran Upward Mobility: Supporting the Academic Nomad through Blended Learning - Julia Zeigler, Terra Gargano Use Design Thinking to Integrate Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) into STEM - Barbara Bray Utilizing School-Based Virtual Field Trips for Global Learning - Dr. Full details are here.

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Bryan Alexander

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

Blended learning , n. Also referred to as “teaching”, “learning”, and “the real world” Blogging , v. Lifelong learning , n. An institution’s strategy for extracting money from alumni. MOOC , n. May it entertain, and all be forgiven. Interactive whiteboard , n.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Just a few weeks after Daphne Koller ’s announcement she was leaving the MOOC startup she co-founded, Coursera unveiled “ Coursera for Business ” this week, marking its pivot from “democratizing higher ed” to “ training corporate employees.”

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 20, 2016

In January, they plan to launch a massive online open course (aka a MOOC) called Making Sense of the News: News Literacy Lessons for Digital Citizens. Kahne plans to study news-literacy efforts to discover what specific strategies get young people to value facts, whether they bolster their existing beliefs or contradict them.

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NeverEndingSearch

DECEMBER 20, 2017

You may remember Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) for its groundbreaking and utterly depressing report, Evaluating Information: The Cornerstone of Online Civic Reasoning. In the November 2016 Executive Summary , the researchers shared: When thousands of students respond to dozens of tasks there are endless variations.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2016

When Massive Open Online Courses (or MOOCs) were first introduced, people quickly realized these platforms could help students learn more effectively at their own pace on their own schedule. Formal” education was no longer constrained to traditional classroom hours, if it ever was.

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Hack Education

NOVEMBER 10, 2016

” “Make MOOCs great again.” Via The Guardian : “The government’s controversial Prevent counter-radicalisation strategy is to be toughened rather than scaled back despite criticism that it is a toxic brand and a ‘big brother’ security operation among Britain’s Muslim communities.”

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