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Focusing back on creating environments of discovery and positive interaction can create the same opportunities for students that failure advocates wish to see, but without the negative connotations and outcomes.

primary function of assessment in a dynamic learning environment is to provide data to revise planned instruction.

key elements of a successful blended learning environment

Flexibility, Personal, Interactive, and Reinforcement of Good Pedagogy

In the future, all learning with the use of technology will likely simply be called just "learning," just as many common business practices are now intertwined with technology in inseparable ways

What do you get when you mix STEM, project-based learning, college prep, personalized blended learning, and a small supportive environment?

Boasting a 98 percent college-matriculation rate among graduates, High Tech High warrants a closer look, and Whiteley's documentary devotes a full year to examining the project

"The only surviving skills that will save young kids are creative and innovative. As the current school system is now, for 12 of 16 years, you're not in an environment that brings that out of them."

Rather than relying on learning styles, focusing instead on metacognition can provide students with strategies that can be adapted and applied based on the learning environment and task.

A metacognitive student is aware of his or her own learning processes and adjusts these processes accordingly.

Less discussed is how to mix online tools with in-person college classrooms. And some technology proponents say faculty need to do this effectively on a large scale to prepare students for life beyond college - and to make sure college stays relevant to a generation that has spent most of their lives on digital devices.

"I don't know if we can continue to pretend that we operate in analog environments and still prepare students for the digital world."