Three Trends That Define the Future of Teaching and Learning | MindShift - 0 views
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1. Collaborative.
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Watch for: (1) Department of Education working to establish a one-stop shop for teacher networks. (2) Commonly accepted guidelines for using YouTube, Facebook, and other social media in schools.
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Tech-Powered.
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What if Students Made a School? | Blend My Learning - 0 views
Don't be Lame, Personalize Learning - Getting Smart by Tom Vander Ark - blended learnin... - 0 views
What Does It Mean to Be a "Change Leader" in Education? - 0 views
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First, successful change leaders clearly articulate the need for change to a variety of audiences in ways that are intellectually coherent and emotionally compelling. The ability to do this requires that change leaders immerse themselves into radically different worlds
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nderstand deeply is the world for which they are preparing their students
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what skills, what habits of mind, and what dispositions
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Iowa universities adjust to burst of interest in online learning | The Des Moines Regis... - 0 views
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“I work almost full time while getting my master’s degree,” he said. “As an undergraduate, it allowed me a better balance between school, my work and my social life.”
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online courses are a cost-effective way for universities to meet increased demand while coping with steep reductions in state funding in recent years, administrators say.
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The number of online courses offered at Iowa’s three public universities has grown by nearly 25 percent from 2005-06 to 2010-11, data from the Iowa state Board of Regents show.
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Practical PBL: The Ongoing Challenges of Assessment | Edutopia - 0 views
How a District Ended Student Dropouts with Personalized Learning | EdSurge News - 0 views
Mathematics Can Be Very Lucrative - 2 views
Education As We Know It Is Finished - Forbes.com - 1 views
When differentiating instruction makes little sense | Clayton Christensen - 0 views
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content-rich guaranteed curriculum that is consistently well delivered and clear lessons that have frequent checks for understanding.
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The best online learning works on a mastery-based system—where students do not advance until they have mastered a concept (as opposed to the current system where everyone moves on no matter if they have mastered the concept) and thus there are frequent check-ins to see how much a student understands and to cycle back into more learning opportunities where appropriate
35 Years of Video in Education: What Has Changed? - Leading From the Classroom - Educat... - 1 views
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Technology will never replace the teacher, but technology necessitates that educators redefine our concept of teaching and learning in an era where anyone with Internet can teach and learn. Many will benefit from these readily accessible videos, but videos can only go so far.