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Google Books excerpt of Language, literacy, and learning in educational practice: a reader by Stierer and Maybin, see pp 45-58. This excerpt includes Vygotsky's work on proximal development. Also known as Vykotsky.

mentioned in Deeper Learning thread re: adaptive testing. "Vygotsky's "zone of proximal development," the problems are situated for success with an incremental stretch by the student. Adaptive testing can well serve competency based learning- earn an "A" by progressing X number of steps or reach some threshold of competence. Attainment is self-reinforcing and can be pragmatically related to grades."

By Josh Fischman, and part of The Chronicle (of Higher Education's) 2011 Special Report on Online Learning, published Nov 6 2011. Central Piedmont Community College developed an Online Student Portal learning system to improve retention among its students. They have had success with the system (in use 2004-2008). Now, with a Next Gen grant, they will roll the system out to 6 additional local schools to see if they can match the retention improvements. The system is based both on learning styles and on frequent intervention by students and counselors.

The Online Student Portal learning system is a wave 1 grantee.

Platform for delivering learning content.

Mentioned in Integrating into Traditional Systems thread as one of the technologies used at campus where OTTS is being introduced "...challenge is: disparate current practices moving to a common innovation."

ANGEL Learning Management System - merged with Blackboard

Mentioned in Integrating into Traditional Systems thread as one of the technologies used at campus where OTTS is being introduced "...challenge is: disparate current practices moving to a common innovation."

ALEKS produces web-based, artificially intelligent educational software used for assessment and then individualized lesson plans. Developed at the University of California, Irvine with funding from the National Science Foundation.

mentioned in Deeper Learning thread in NGLC Jam 2012 as a case that the Stanford professor who founded Udacity, a start-up for low cost online courses expected to reach masses, may follow for handling feedback. "progressive and multiple successes on practice problems demonstrates deeper learning." see tag 'article' for the link to the article about this professor in The Chronicle of Higher Education.