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Is the new education reform hiding in plain sight?

The Hechinger Report

Rogers Elementary fourth-grade teacher Sudhir Vasal created math lesson pathways so each child can progress at their own pace. Rogers Elementary School here set a three-alarm fire in the library. Philanthropists, state education officials, reform advocates — even charter school leaders — are examining personalized learning.

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GlobalEdCon 2013 Day Four + Helping the New Grassroots Projects

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

During the conference opening sessions we brainstormed as set of grassroots global education projects that we could bring to our personal learning networks to try to get started. We voted on five project to to focus on right away with a set of basic questions for each: " What do you want to do? Instructor and Ph.

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Practicing the Principles of Connected Learning

Educator Innovator

New media educator Howard Rheingold interviews educator Kevin Hodgson about connected learning and how educators enact its principles with technology. If you are organizing a course, MOOC, or co-learning community, daily connects are one of the most powerful and yet simple tools at your disposal.

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Educational Crises and Ed-Tech: A History

Hack Education

So no, Khan Academy did not invent "personalized learning." " Yes, today's philanthropic foundations have been pushing another crisis narrative that proposes "personalized learning" is the solution.). In elementary schools, between 7 to 13% of instructional time was spent watching television.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

Hack Education

There may be no better example of this in 2017 than “personalized learning.” “Personalized learning” has powerful advocates, least of which US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos who talks about it as part of her broader initiative to “rethink school.” Manufacturing Trends.

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Driverless Ed-Tech: The History of the Future of Automation in Education

Hack Education

“The Year of the MOOC” – I was summoned to Palo Alto, California for a small gathering to discuss the future of teaching, learning, and technology. Perhaps with this data, the MOOC providers can build a map of professional if not cognitive pathways. Let me begin with a story. ” The driverless university.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

The Salt Lake City school board has voted to rename Jackson Elementary. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). Via Class Central : “ TU Delft Students Can Earn Credit For MOOCs From Other Universities.” ” Well, this will be useful to “personalize learning,” won’t it.

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