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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. MOOCs are generally prevalent in higher education, but are starting to be used at the high school level as well. This means that the course takes place online, is free, and anyone can participate. Learn more about implementing edtech into your classroom here.

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Ed Tech Vocab: Keeping Up with Trends in Education

eSpark

MOOC refers to a massive online open course, a type of distance learning. MOOCs are generally prevalent in higher education, but are starting to be used at the high school level as well. This means that the course takes place online, is free, and anyone can participate. Learn more about implementing edtech into your classroom here.

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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

What does personalized learning mean to the perennial tug-of-war over content — in higher education’s “great books” debate over whether students should absorb the Western canon or study what they want, and, at the K-12 level, over the Common Core? Differentiated instruction was conceived in the 1950s.

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A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning Models & Technology

TeachThought - Learn better.

Common Core) for individual students. See also Personalized Learning, Differentiated Learning, and Self-Directed Learning. Understanding Differentiated Instruction: Building a Foundation for Leadership Tomlinson, 2000). Individualized Learning. The customizing of universal content (e.g., Informal Learning.

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Learning Revolution Free Events - The Conference - Next Up #Reinvent14 - Appreciative Inquiry and AERO

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Topics include: Personalize Your Math Professional Development, Learn About Differentiated Instruction and UDL, Personalize Your ELA Professional Development, and more. The Common Core opens the door for innovative teaching techniques to ensure students are college and career ready.