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

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The department is hiring for more than a dozen new designer, developer and strategy jobs, including for an associate director for media technology and innovation. We’ve had a lot of success in the open-learning space, driving a fair amount of this growth,” he says.

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

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We envision a school where each student progresses along an individual learning continuum and educators focus on developing skills, such as collaboration, perspective taking, technological adeptness, problem solving and adaptability. It’s not everyone’s cup of tea. The unknown is scary, and not everyone is ready to jump into it.

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Using Cogenerative Dialogues for Learner-Centered Teaching

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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.