Ed Tech from the Ground Up

MAY 16, 2016

public schools to attend an Apple Distinguished Schools Day where Natick shared its blended learning approach with other schools and districts. First, a quick definition: According to the Online Learning Consortium blended learning means “a portion of the traditional face-to-face instruction is replaced by web-based online learning.”.

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The CoolCatTeacher

JUNE 3, 2021

Research note: As Wall (2021) indicates, there is a definite connection between trauma and student behavior as well as student learning. Some students are not yet ready or cannot return to in-person learning. It can be more challenging to engage these students online. Learn More. Online Assessment.

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Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

DECEMBER 13, 2023

In today’s post, I am introducing you to blended learning, a concept that is now common parlance within the ‘education speak’ In crafting this comprehensive piece on blended learning, I delved deep into academic literature, drawing on peer-reviewed research papers to create an authoritative and informative post.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Blended and personalized learning were two topics on the rise this year. The goal is to produce deeper learning. Blended learning definitely has been an important factor in the changes we’ve seen in our students, our teachers, and in our schools,” says David Rose, deputy chief in the district’s Dept. How it works.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

“Blended learning definitely has been an important factor in the changes we’ve seen in our students, our teachers, and in our schools,” says David Rose, deputy chief in the district’s Dept. of Educational Technology and Library Programs. Next page: How it works in practice.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

The sweeping new federal education law, and schools’ evolving demands for “personalized learning,” are likely to dramatically alter the work of K-12 district leaders over the next few years, school superintendents heard this week. See also: Personalized Learning: What Companies Need to Know.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

By contrast, the report’s short-term developments, online learning and makerspaces, have a distinct yesterday’s news vibe about them. Just as often, trends like game-based learning, which can seem like the future of learning at times, get dropped when they lose momentum and go niche for a few years.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 19, 2016

Students work on individual projects in the blended-learning classroom of Jessica Anderson, in Deer Lodge, Montana. A student-centered personalized-learning model known as competency education has gained traction over the past five years as states have developed policies to promote its adoption in both elementary and secondary schools.

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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.

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Waterford

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Then, discover five ways to boost student-centered learning through blended or hybrid learning. What Are Blended Learning and Hybrid Learning? Before we explain the differences between blended and hybrid learning models, let’s provide a quick definition of each strategy. Why Use Blended and Hybrid Learning?

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Linways Technologies

APRIL 21, 2020

How to prepare for the online learning process. The impact of online education is on the rise. Since the outbreak of Coronavirus, more and more institutions are adapting to online learning, and the demand for online education has definitely risen. Learning Strategies. Communication.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Jennifer Sparrow, the university’s senior director of teaching and learning with technology, thinks the fears that some faculty have about artificial intelligence taking their jobs echos the concern some had 20 years ago when higher education was first “branching out into online learning.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Asmaa, Ismail and their peers in public education were caught in the perfect storm of school closures and an unplanned and awkward move to online learning. For various reasons, school districts have been slow to shift from the traditional seat-time systems of education to a more modern model that heralds personal learning.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

All have gone back to school — some fully remote, some via hybrid models that combine remote instruction with in-person learning. In doing so, they are demonstrating resilience and advancing equity in ways that truly improve teaching and learning for all students. Attend to each student’s comprehensive needs.

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Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2023

He has ChatGPT on his phone and his iPad, and our 45-minute conversation is peppered with references to Coursera’s newest personal learning assistant, “Coach.” Stueve started her online learning journey four years ago — first in community college, and then at the University of Florida.

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The Hechinger Report

MAY 30, 2018

Many charter networks here, including Crescent City Schools, Firstline, ReNEW, and KIPP, have embraced an educational philosophy known as “personalized learning.”. Though personalized learning doesn’t have to include technology, many New Orleans charters have put computers at the center of their personalized learning efforts.

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Edsurge

MAY 3, 2019

The company describes the system as a “never before enabled language scaffolding” for personalized learning. Chen uses the Reader to restructure contemporary newspaper and magazine articles into bite-sized “Pondlets,” highly visual interactive online learning modules. There’s definitely a lot of source material.

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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? What’s Next?

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Catlin Tucker

JULY 19, 2021

As an outspoken advocate for blended learning over the last 10 years, I was initially excited to see so much momentum in this area. This perspective stems from a lack of clarity about what blended learning is and why it is valuable. This perspective stems from a lack of clarity about what blended learning is and why it is valuable.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Related: Open Educational Resources haven’t upended the way that K-12 schools get course materials – yet.

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Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

moving along and most schools resuming in-person learning, EdSurge caught up with Khan to discuss what the last year has been like for Khan Academy, what he’s learned and what he’s planning to do next. So there’s this temptation to say, “The future is going to be online learning,” or “Online learning was horrible.

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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

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Some kept their definitions simple, such as “a distributed database,” from Trish Briere. Other guests shared resources to provide more thorough definitions of the technology. Kelvin Bentley also had some ideas: “Definitely takes a "village" of sorts but one that regularly discusses the competencies and needs to include industry.

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MindShift

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

One teacher, many students: It’s basically the definition of school as we know it, going back to the earliest days of the Republic. It’s called personalized learning: What if each student had something like a private tutor, and more power over what and how they learned? Personalized learning is the No.

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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

JULY 18, 2016

Anytime, Anywhere: Online Learning The number and variety of online PD providers has grown to the point that there is something for everyone. For educator-parents, these weeks are perfect opportunities to participate in our own summer learning adventures. Personalized Learning Through Gaming.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 17, 2021

Our way was definitely best,” Baldwin County’s Robertsdale High School Principal Joe Sharp told AL.com. The majority of remote students moved back to in-person learning after a short buffer in the start of the spring semester, Carter said. Remote learning helpline for teachers…and parents.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 15, 2017

We started off attempting to land on a set of definitions for skills—many #DLNchat folks suggested we stray away from the terms “hard skills” and “soft skills” to refer to skills specific to one job vs. skills universal to all jobs. DLNchat is co-hosted by the Online Learning Consortium , WCET , the New Media Consortium and Tyton Partners.

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Edsurge

APRIL 12, 2018

Has this ease of (often free) access affected student attitudes toward the cost and value of learning? Lisa McIntyre-Hite believes “students are more likely to expect free content,” but associating MOOCs with traditional universities “adds value by curating the personalized learning journey. Content is no longer king.”

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Dallas Dance, Superintendent of Baltimore County Public Schools, was among the first to raise this during a session at the 6th Annual Blended Learning Conference , held last weekend in Rhode Island. “I I was talking to a colleague who was using blended and personalized learning the same way,” says Dance.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 19, 2021

Jersey City Public Schools, which only opened for in-person learning at the end of April, long after many other districts, seemed unsafe for learning even before the pandemic. Finally, and perhaps most importantly, virtual learning has worked for her son, who has autism and ADHD. She’s also exploring private schools.

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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. education system.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2016

But without proof, Monroe, vice president of academic innovation and support at Ivy Tech Community College, and her colleagues are searching in the dark to find the right tools that faculty can use to improve learning outcomes for the more than 200,000 students in the Indiana community college system. So much is coming at us,” Monroe says.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2021

There’s no definitive count yet of how many students are enrolled this summer in a wide range of new options, from a push to close early learning gaps in Texas to a summer program in Oregon that helps kids learning English. But she wasn’t leaving anything to chance. She called the school multiple times to check in.

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eSchool News

APRIL 30, 2015

“We definitely have seen an increased sense of urgency around how to effectively use digital tools and content to be able to impact student learning,” said Julie Evans, CEO of Project Tomorrow, during a Congressional briefing to discuss the data. Next page: The importance of digital access and equity.

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Tech Helpful

MAY 25, 2017

That is definitely no lie. These insights paired with Canvas, an adaptable and customizable state-of-the-art LMS for K-12 schools and higher education institutions, will provide students with personalized learning programs that can immediately impact achievement gaps. The last few years of tech integration have been messy.

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Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

The ambitions for New York City’s Innovation Zone (or iZone) were sweeping: By 2014, city leaders hoped it would be the catalyst for technologically enhanced personalized learning models throughout the district, encompassing 400 schools. In 2013 the Gotham Gazette reported that the iZone had a budget of $47 million.

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