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U. of Michigan Hints at Growth Plans for Office of Academic Innovation

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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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Why This Chicago Tutoring Center Wants to Be the ‘Whole Foods’ of Education

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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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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

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Dean-Scott , Texas State University Key Statement: Cogenerative (cogen) dialogues are one learner-centered approach to engaging students in agency for their own learning and development in a course. The characteristics of quality teaching are often ambiguous. Image courtesy of Wix. 2019; Smith, 2013). 2001; Lang, 2021; Thomas, 2009).The

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Is This Hiring Process a Better Way to Find That Perfect Candidate?

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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. Public and charter schools schools are bound to rules and even laws that dictate how and who to hire to fill teaching positions. I’m looking for a unicorn.

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