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"Here is a new video from EDUCAUSE with four experts and me addressing the question, "Why is measuring learning difficult?" Some good reflections on learning analytics, data, MOOCs, testing, pyschometrics, and more. I think the video has a nice balance of humility and optimism. Learning is much more complex than we can ever really pin down, but that doesn't mean that we can conduct meaningful assessments that lets students and mentors identify their learning experiences as, as Gardner Campbell says, find new doorways forward. "

resources for problem based learning, inquiry based learning, project based learning, some free, others by subscription

This is one of our stops during the Australia trip.  New technologies enable museums to create learning experiences for teenagers where they can authentically research, create, communicate and collaborate. Museum Victoria is using 21st century communication technologies to support students to investigate the past, both online and onsite. This session will outline how two programs developed by Museum Victoria, Making History and 600 million years in 60 seconds, are transforming museum learning for 21st century learners. The new programs enable teenagers to collaborate with their peers, communicate their ideas, create new digital media and make sense of the world around them. 600 million years in 60 seconds is an onsite education program at Melbourne Museum where exhibition objects are the learning focus and ICT tools are used by students to communicate their understanding of key concepts. Making History is an online resource where experts share historical knowledge and experience as well as an online gallery that can host student generated digital histories.

Between adaptive software that can present and assess mastery of content, video games and simulations that can engage kids on a different level, and mobile technologies and online environments that allow learning to happen on demand, we need to fundamentally rethink what we do in the classroom with kids. (personal communication, October 1, 2011)

Thoughtful slide show at ISTE about personalizing learning. Lots to use here to let the faculty understand what we mean by the term.  Our own tech plan calls for a digital backpack (I didn't know that was a trademarked concept when I used it in the tech plan!)

This might be useful as we define teacher centered learning for the PD model in MALT.

Christopher Emdin declares teachers can and should learn about engaging learning by modeling after the masters of engagement.

CommonCraft style video on Blended Learning.  We don't have a formal LMS, so teachers have to create the suggested uses of Web 2.0 tools to foster creativity, and collect data in ways that make sense in their classrooms.

Friedman does it again!

Best apps for teaching and learning

A white paper from a conference in 2010. It neatly summarizes some of the key considerations for personalizing learning. It will probably be most useful for framing conversations for change in our district rather than acting as a blueprint.

Project based learning wiki resources.

This is one of the first schools I learned about using these competencies.