6 Recommendations for Learning in the Digital Age
An alphabet soup of ideas to improve learning in the Digital Age fills a report from the Aspen Task Force on Learning and the Internet. The 20-member task force, which includes three former Federal Communications Commission leaders, made six recommendations comprised of 26 action steps for policymakers, education leaders and others in a report released on Tuesday, […]
Read MoreReport: 83 Percent of High Schools Offer Online Courses
Only 17 percent of high schools do not currently offer any online classes and more than 40 percent are offering online courses in English language arts, history, math or science, according to the latest report from Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up report. Based on online survey responses from more than 400,000 teachers, administrators, students and community […]
Read MoreWhat Adaptive Technologies Do (Answering the “To What End” Question)
The phone rings and a superintendent is asking, “What adaptive software do I need to personalize learning?” If only the question were so simple. How does this “stuff” work? Getting precise about what specific technologies actually do in the instructional model is an important step to clarify in implementing high-quality blended learning. For years, people […]
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