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What Does It Take To Successfully Implement Personalized Learning at Scale?

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At its core, personalized learning is about recognizing that no two students learn exactly the same way. It moves beyond the one-size-fits-all approach by focusing on each student’s strengths, needs and learning pace. In April 2019, we began our journey to personalize learning. Dr. Joseph W.

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6 ways to make your blended learning PD more successful

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“Just do it” may be an effective slogan for a sporting shoe company, but it is not an effective change management technique to move to blended learning. The move to blended learning has been labelled as “disruptive” by many, such as Clayton Christensen in his book “ Disrupting Class.”

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Why Building a Diverse Workforce Requires Computer Science Mandates in Schools

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An often overlooked barrier is belief systems: teachers' unconscious biases about their students, dominant-group students’ assumptions about their peers, employers’ beliefs about women and people of color, andstudents’ beliefs about themselves can discourage girls and underrepresented minorities from pursuing careers in STEM.

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Smart Sparrow Raises $4 Million to Help Teachers—Not Tools—Drive Adaptive Learning

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Adaptive’ is just one feature of good learning design,” the company’s founder and CEO tells EdSurge. Good learning design also needs to be engaging, motivational and structured in the right way.”. For every university, change management is just as critical a factor as financial investment. Since entering the U.S.

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Campus Tech 2016: Recognizing—and Questioning—“Inevitable” Futures

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In Boston, conference-goers heard how higher-ed tech will affect teaching and learning in years to come, questioned the values and assumptions behind those predictions, and learned predictive techniques to apply to their daily lives. We’re only at the tip of the iceberg with learning analytics. Samsung’s Bio-Processor.

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Why a High-Achieving District Keeps Tinkering With a School Model That Already Works

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It’s a well-worn idiom, which shapes the belief systems of too many schools and districts across the country. This strategy was successful, but the road was bumpy and we learned a lot throughout the process. We were able to ask questions about change management and get a sense of the challenges that we would likely encounter.

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3 common misconceptions that thwart school improvement

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For example, a student who believes her genes predetermine her academic abilities may avoid crucial learning experiences that are initially challenging. Recently, my colleagues and I released a research paper that unveils common misconceptions about change management in schools.