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How to succeed with online PD for teachers

Neo LMS

In fact, they find much more than tips and tricks online, they find a veritable support system. Schools might be concerned about the lack of interaction in online learning. building a personal learning network online. Online learning is not about absorbing information in front of a screen.

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Personalized learning: How kids are getting into college by mastering their skills

The Hechinger Report

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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Research examines blended learning, student achievement

eSchool News

New white paper explores effective instructional models and course customization benefits. Titled, “A Research Report: Odysseyware Instructional Design & Strategies,” this research report provides an overview of research conducted in these areas: • Transforming the learning landscape with pedagogical flexible models.

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#SmartSeries Refresh | Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles

ExcelinEd

“Data Backpacks: Portable Records & Learner Profiles” asks these questions and reveals some key problems with the current system: The current official transcript does not provide enough information for teachers to personalize learning from the first day of school. SmartSeries Refresh | The Shift from Cohorts to Competency.

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Engrade users can access Knovation’s digital content

eSchool News

The companies will provide users of McGraw-Hill Education’s Engrade, a learning management and assessment platform for K-12 education, access to the Knovation Content Collection with more than 360,000 online learning resources, including videos, white papers, games, podcasts and articles using a single integrated search.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

. “The UK government has published its 2016 HE White Paper, entitled Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence, Social Mobility and Student Choice,” the Times Higher Education reports. For what it’s worth, Richard Hall’s response makes for better reading than the white paper itself.