eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2019

In February 2016, the Christensen Institute debuted the Blended Learning Universe (BLU)—an online hub of blended learning resources—in response to more and more schools across the U.S. implementing a blended-learning strategy for students. Blended learning is an exclusive approach.

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A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 21, 2020

Yes, to some extent, but definitely not scaled in a way that has led to system-wide transformation. The image below begins to visualize what this could look like as schools begin to transform teaching, learning, and leadership. Blended Learning One of the best strategies to personalize the experience for students is blended learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 18, 2020

If the pandemic has taught us one major lesson, it’s that the system has not worked for many learners. Below are some topics where vital lessons have been learned. A move to real personalized learning at scale is the most logical step. One day the pandemic will be over.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 15, 2024

This twist on the station rotation model combines the strategic collection and use of data with student agency to create a more personalized and student-centered approach to this blended learning model. In a traditional station rotation, all students rotate through the same sequence of learning activities or stations.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2017

Three years ago, with the help of the education agency the Grant Wood Area Education Agency (GWAEA), Iowa rolled out its initiative to implement blended learning as a model for the state. In a competency based system, students advance upon proficiency and receive rapid differentiated support based on their individual learning needs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 26, 2020

Use a URL shortener to make links easily accessible in a slide presentation or push out using a Learning Management System (i.e., Leverage an adaptive learning tool if your school or district has purchased a license. If technology resources are available, then the best comprehensive strategy to pursue is real blended learning.

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eSchool News

APRIL 2, 2018

The case for blending and online learning. When implemented well, online and blended learning options give teachers an opportunity to transform the educational experience—to meet the needs of a broader group of learners, individualize instruction, and transform education for everyone.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 13, 2022

Through my work with schools on remote and now virtual learning, I have decided to create a one-stop resource that others can use based on successful programs such as the Bullitt Virtual Learning Academy in Kentucky and Davis Connect in Utah. A straightforward way to set this stage is to unpack the standard(s) into a learning target.

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Catlin Tucker

APRIL 11, 2021

Much of that time has been focused on how to teach in online or blended learning environments. However, to make significant and sustainable long-term changes in education, our perceptions of what teaching and learning “look” like have to fundamentally shift to avoid stagnation and make progress.

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

In an effort to personalize learning more and more educators are turning to blended learning strategies. When it comes to personalized learning , the “personal” should be emphasized. Blended learning , as a means to personalize, is one way to accomplish this. See the difference?

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

An effective way to tackle the challenge of teaching core academics to all students across ability levels is to implement a personalized approach supported by a variety of carefully chosen digital resources. In our first year, we implemented personalized learning in our six middle schools. Intentional design.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Personalized learning is core to the model at Rogers Elementary, and Kristen Watkins, director of the personalized learning program at Dallas Independent School District, says that exposing students to multiple devices is an intentional part of the school’s approach. The next, they’ll try a Kindle.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 15, 2017

When I think about personalized learning I see two faces- my own girls. I couldn’t help but ask myself “how is the current system of math instruction not working for my girls and other students like them?” “Why We turned it into a blended learning station rotation class with the use of technology to fill gaps.

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Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

During the 2018-2019 school year, I participated in the Consortium for School Innovators (CSI) residency, through which educators like myself shadowed at 3 to 5 schools throughout the Bay Area to learn about innovative techniques in the areas of blended and personalized learning. Microshifts in Practice 1.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

As of late, I have been working with quite a few districts on personalization through a variety of blended learning strategies. I can honestly say that I have learned so much from them over the years as to what pedagogically-sound blended learning really is, and, in my mind, they are a global exemplar for others to emulate.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 6, 2021

They needed to find a way for their systems to talk to each other. Eric Butash is responsible for providing leadership and innovation for enhancing teaching and learning through the identification, evaluation, adoption, and integration of effective educational innovations for the Foster-Glocester Regional School District.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

For a conference named after “blended learning,” many attendees were surprised to learn that they did not agree on what the term meant. I was talking to a colleague who was using blended and personalized learning the same way,” says Dance. “I The sessions are long because you’re supposed to go deep.”

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A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

In Disruptive Thinking in Our Classrooms , I honed in on research-based strategies that have withstood the test of time in addition to emerging strategies such as personalized learning. Toned Down Choices I am a huge fan of personalization through blended learning as a way to ensure equitable learning in and out of the classroom.

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Edsurge

MARCH 26, 2018

In 2017, I began a new position as the director of personalized learning at a public charter school serving students in grades 7-12 in Phoenix. The school wanted to move into personalized learning, and was looking for someone to lead the charge. It was an exciting transition for me.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Plus for Personalized/Blended Learning: You could essentially set up a small lesson on Nearpod for students and let them work at their preferred pace. Just keep in mind that mass messages have a character limit but personal messages do not. . Again, this gave students the chance to personalize their work.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 15, 2020

Blended Learning In my opinion, the best 21st-century classrooms are “bricks” and “clicks,” blending together the best of face-to-face and online. Blended learning is not new. Blended Learning Classrooms are made of “bricks’ and “clicks” and every teacher should be ready.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But after a year-long, data-driven, deep dive into how people understand and apply the learning approaches variously called personalized learning, individualized instruction and differentiation, we’re intimately familiar with Shakespeare’s conundrum. At EdSurge, we’re researchers and journalists, not philosophers. What It Is.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

A foundation can then be established for more personalized approaches such as pedagogically-sound blended learning or self-paced activities. You will see they are relatively straightforward, but each in its own right requires a certain level of continuity and consistency.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2017

The American prison system has been criticized for being a place of punishment instead of rehabilitation. In states such as Alabama, where youth as young as 14 can be tried as adults, going into the system can mean a lifetime of condemnation. We sit down with students and create a personalized learning plan for each of them.

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Education Elements

JUNE 22, 2016

When I started writing Disrupting Class in 2006, I was stunned to learn that our school systems—not just in the United States, but throughout most of the world—were not built to optimize learning. They were built to standardize the way we teach and test and for sorting.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Plus for Personalized/Blended Learning: You could essentially set up a small lesson on Nearpod for students and let them work at their preferred pace. Just keep in mind that mass messages have a character limit but personal messages do not. . Again, this gave students the chance to personalize their work.

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Edsurge

MAY 28, 2017

What never ceases to surprise people is the sheer scale of the New York City school system, a district made up of 1,800 schools, 76,000 teachers and over a million students. BLCReady (Blended Learning Communities Ready) is a yearlong series that supports facilitators to build community and personalize learning for teachers.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. A more experienced teacher can learn faster and skip some modules, while a newer teacher could find it useful to revisit training material whenever needed.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

One thing that I’ve been thrilled about is that technology and online learning have really supported these students to continue their education, even though the pandemic disrupted many systems and processes. As schools and universities reopen their gates, there’s great hope that there will soon be more in-person learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 9, 2018

And this school year, with a new focus on personalized learning, students have a new way to take control of their lives. This wasn’t the original goal of the new learning model, but Hulac sees it as an important consequence. “I Related: The path to personalized learning is not straight.

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eSchool News

MAY 25, 2021

“This survey shows how the choice of remote instruction has ramifications that extend beyond longstanding concerns about the lower quality of remote instruction,” said Heather Schwartz , lead author of the report and director of the Pre-K to 12 educational systems program at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2017

What never ceases to surprise people is the sheer scale of the New York City school system, a district made up of 1,800 schools, 76,000 teachers and over a million students. BLCReady (Blended Learning Communities Ready) is a yearlong series that supports facilitators to build community and personalize learning for teachers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Earlier this year, the Highlander Institute, The Learning Accelerator and The Christensen Institute teamed up to bring together a conference on blended and personalized learning in Providence, R.I. For example, in Mineola Public Schools in New York, leaders reframed their assessment system to focus on agency. “We

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

The use of digital learning spaces has exploded in use in classrooms nearly everywhere. Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. Want to learn more?

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