"Carnegie Mellon University is convening a high-powered consortium of educators, researchers, and technology-company executives that will spearhead efforts to develop standards and promote best practices in online education."

This is a great article, looking at how technology is changing student expectations and pedagogy.

This goes along with our course discussion of online learning on Oct. 28. Also plays into the evolution, transformation, and disruptive discussion, as it is written by Clay Christensen.

The notion of tens of millions of students starting to take common core exams online vs paper and pencil raises questions about the comparability of results.

A good overview of the two different pedagogies behind MOOCs.

"Original vision lost in scramble for profit and repackaging of old ideas"

A shortage looming? Survey finds that less than 50% of k-12 schools have a CTO.

An article sort of centered around the notion for more "maker-movement" centers for gifted students.

Interesting perspectives on the future of education. The top article highlights a few fast developments around the notion of the evolving classroom: where is K-12 technology headed?

What's it mean to replicate an innovative school? What's the context?

This ties into the discussion in class this week. A nice quick summary of the debate, along with a database for all the ongoing comments via the FCC.

Thought the list provided is interesting in terms of how they relate to 21st century learning: The new school models in the article "suggests 10 elements most common to all of the models: * Student-centered environments * Personalized learning * Competency-based progressions * Adaptive & engaging components * Deeper learning & character development * Rapid & flexible deployments * Dynamic models evolving with new tools * Platform-centric scaling * Leveraging teacher Leadership * Best Practices & Innovation "

A look at how teachers are building the community-centered approach to learning through social media.

An interesting piece about virtual schools and academic integrity. Found it particularly interesting as the school (Commonwealth Connections Academy) I taught high school history at for 4 years is highlighted in the article. I have a lot of experience, both good and bad, regarding the issues highlighted in the article and am just curious of other's perspectives.

Interesting blog on how classrooms should embrace the "Maker" Movement.

op-ed that centers on the concept of "students need to understand that failure is a part of life." A nice take away is that playing it safe and not taking risks will restrict news ideas and new practices.

mooc.org is an edX destination through a partnership with Google to power the online learning revolution.