eSchool News

APRIL 8, 2015

Wisconsin school puts focus on personalized learning, student choice, and open learning spaces. It’s after lunch in a combined fourth- and fifth-grade class at Walker Elementary School, and students are working on equivalent fractions.

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Edsurge

JULY 30, 2019

We’ve had a lot of success in the open-learning space, driving a fair amount of this growth,” he says. We’ve developed this set of teams that creates exemplary online-learning environments and experiences. In parallel, we’ve developed a team that builds tools that enhance the residential learning environment.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 14, 2019

Source: The House Author and school design consultant Robert Dillon calls the variation in learning spaces—large tables, sitting areas and glass-walled breakout rooms—“micro-environments,” and says it’s similar to what districts around the country are attempting to create using open learning spaces and flexible furniture. “I

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 13, 2017

I’m looking for a non-grade-level specific facilitator who is creative, engaging, can manage an open learning space and is interested in working at a startup school. That makes hiring a tricky and detailed process, especially for my first hire. I’m looking for a unicorn.

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Scholarly Teacher

DECEMBER 11, 2024

However, the scholarship of teaching and learning suggests the importance of using learner-centered pedagogical strategies and the powerful results such strategies have on student learning (Campbell et al., Learning-centered teachers create environments that positively impact students through shared governance of the learning space.

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