Edsurge

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

The report is the work of the COVID Collaborative, a coalition of education, health and economic experts, written by the former directors of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Educational Technology. Secretaries of Education, from both Democratic and Republican administrations.

Learning 218

Learning Internet Writing Failure 218

Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Moving Past Substitution When we say “stuck at substitution,” some readers may recognize the SAMR model of education technology integration. The SAMR framework describes four different levels of technology use, from Substitution to Augmentation, Modification and Redefinition (SAMR).

Hybrid Learning 218

Hybrid Learning Schools Learning Blended Learning 218

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

The company’s first large contract was helping Stacey Childress —then the Deputy Director of the Gates Foundation —and her team design and launch the Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) and the Next Generation Systems Initiatives. CA Group works best when school leaders and teachers have a good degree of autonomy.

Blended Learning 116

Blended Learning Schools Group work Evaluation 116

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

The initiative supports IU instructors in leveraging the features of any classroom—whether low-tech whiteboards or high-tech touchscreens—by granting access to reimagined rooms that foster a range of active learning strategies. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall.

Active Learning 167

Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 167

Edsurge

JUNE 5, 2019

One of the core goals of personalized learning is to “tailor instruction, expression of learning and assessment to each student’s unique needs and preferences,” according to this blog post from ISTE, an education technology association.

Metacognitive Skills 166

Metacognitive Skills Learning Assignments Group work 166

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

When Ray was my student, I decided to test out gamifying my Greek Mythology Unit by creating a new Edmodo class, chunking the content into small groups, and providing my students with a paper game board to support the blended learning within the unit. Edmodo Assignments, too, can be used for in-person and online group work.

Distance Learning 218

Distance Learning Culture Gamification Learning 218

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Those barriers include “(1) student assessments that don't accurately reflect students’ true understandings and skills and (2) methods for grouping students (by age) that often poorly align to their true needs as learners.”. New Hampshire schools participating in NG2 represent urban, suburban and rural parts of the state.

Grades 164

Grades Elementary School Elementary School English 164