Edsurge

MARCH 12, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Meanwhile, online and hybrid learning keep growing and developing. We observed that the problem of how to adopt or adapt tech to teaching is not a new one, and that we can learn from historical cases.

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Edsurge

MARCH 28, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Though tools to do that are getting more accessible than ever. (I We didn’t conclude that digital audio was a universal tool for all learning, but found it one powerful strategy in the edtech ecosystem. This is part 2.

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Bryan Alexander

JANUARY 14, 2022

This week my spring 2022 seminar began. It’s a master’s degree course for Georgetown University’s excellent Learning, Design, and Technology program. Here I want to dive into tech for teaching and learning, focusing on pedagogy and support, for the entire semester. These seminars are mostly discussion based.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

They know that when it comes to learning and productivity, space matters. An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

Considering sprawling campuses with their impressive but deserted buildings, I find myself reflecting on how the accessibility of blended learning has contested the authority of these spaces, which so often are homogenous places, gatekeepers of class and privilege. Remote learning also improved accessibility for some students.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Montessori learning has 100 years of refinement and validation behind it. Our goal is to build the systems of scale that allow for uncompromisingly good Montessori education that's accessible to the children of the world,” explains Girn. In Search of Deeper Learning, Jal Mehta and Sarah Fine. Ray Girn’s Book Recommendations.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A Socratic seminar? At the National Geographic Society , we are building a free collection of tools and resources to help teachers learn more about their practice, connect with like-minded educators, find quality resources for their classrooms, and receive feedback and recognition for their expertise. Sounds great! Maybe in October.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2023

Khan’s new project is a fully online school with a mix of self-paced online learning and group activities. And its advertising materials emphasize the community component , with daily seminars, small group tutorials and peer tutoring. Those talks led to a partnership with ASU Prep that opened up access to the school’s Arizona charter.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2021

Considering sprawling campuses with their impressive but deserted buildings, I find myself reflecting on how the accessibility of blended learning has contested the authority of these spaces, which so often are homogenous places, gatekeepers of class and privilege. Remote learning also improved accessibility for some students.

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Edsurge

MAY 2, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. The edtech seminar I'm teaching this semester recently explored the post-desktop world, and to get students thinking about the differences, I began with a quick exercise, asking them to rearrange the classroom into old-school rows.

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Neo LMS

JULY 22, 2021

Learning a practical skill early on certainly pays off, whether they want to pursue training as an electrician, landscape designer, or licensed practical nurse, among many other career paths. . One of the greatest advantages of using a learning platform is that students can take compliance courses periodically.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

This past June, I received an email inviting me to participate in a webinar on Gratitude-Based Learning (GBL). However, during the seminar, the facilitators jumped directly into piloting GBL activities with attendees. In college, I learned about the first wave of feminism as a group of white women fighting for the right to vote.

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Edsurge

MAY 5, 2021

Most anticipate the growing centrality of online learning in university life. As a longtime proponent of online higher education, I thought I’d take a stab at imagining a couple of effects digital education might have on teaching and learning in the college classroom. Teaching and learning in unbounded time.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Here’s the outline for a seminar I teach in schools before the holiday break, to excite teachers about what they can accomplish “the second half” of the school year: Every year, I make New Year resolutions and ignore them. Here’s my list: I will learn one new tech tool a month There are so many.

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EdTech Magazine

FEBRUARY 1, 2018

And second, schools are inherently open environments, so districts try to open up network access to as many people as possible. Guests should only have internet access and should not have a path to any of the school’s financial or personnel systems. Just learning about how to apply appropriate patching routines can pay for itself.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2022

Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray. Over the past 12 months, I learned more than any textbook could ever explain, more than any seminar could ever teach, and more than any video could ever portray.

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Edsurge

MAY 26, 2019

Over the past seven years, we’ve continually developed and tweaked a seminar-style onboarding course to help all new employees, regardless of their background, catch up to speed on key issues in education and technology. Engage Edtech Employees in Extended Learning We call the program Freshman Seminar.

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Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2019

This semester I’m teaching a graduate seminar on education and technology for Georgetown University. Unsurprisingly, we increasingly learn from digital video. The realm of informal learning is well represented on YouTube—from DIY instruction to guerrilla recordings of public speakers. This is part 3. Read part 1 and part 2.

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 29, 2020

It gives unlimited access to a great library of well-written, humorous, and engaging stories that will captivate young readers. It’s a little bit like an online literature seminar, in which students and teachers comment on paragraphs, share their ideas, and exchange notes. Read more: How to motivate students for lifelong learning.

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Neo LMS

AUGUST 9, 2016

In the pre-smartphone era, when traditional mobile phones – or “dumb phones”, how I like to call them – ruled the world, students simply couldn’t use their phones for learning. That spells bad news for the traditional learning environment, one would think. But with today’s smartphones, can this still be the case? Remember Snake?

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The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 25, 2023

So, yesterday I asked educators on “X” (the new rebranded, Twitter, I guess) to share where they are learning about AI. I have been writing about my learning experiences & what I've used in my classroom for the past 5 years, this is from last year. AI and machine learning experiments from Google.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

The Association of American Colleges & Universities has identified a set of “ high-impact educational practices ” shown through research to improve student retention, including first-year seminars, learning communities, undergraduate research opportunities and service-learning programs.

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Edsurge

APRIL 5, 2018

To be prepared for success, struggling students need just as many opportunities to participate in self-directed learning and to develop autonomy as high-achieving students. I teach four sections of a reading seminar for first time freshman who have low MAP reading scores from eighth grade.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 16, 2020

As a result, educators must stay on top of trends and pursue ongoing learning in technology. How to learn more about edtech options. When it comes to professional development for educators, it’s vital to learn about the edtech options available. Read more: Professional development for teachers is key to ed-tech success.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 22, 2018

. … good teachers are irreplaceable assets for coaching and mentoring students, addressing the social and emotional factors affecting students’ learning, and providing students with expert feedback on complicated human skills such as critical thinking, creative problem solving, communication, and project management.”

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2017

Personalized learning is still in its infancy—as are the curricular tools and resources available to support teachers in implementing it. There are plenty of resources with step-by-step guides and blueprints designed to walk teachers through a process to personalize learning. The Syllabus Gets a Facelift.

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Edsurge

APRIL 19, 2018

She has since altered her personalized learning plan (PLP) to include the courses and experiences she’ll need to pursue a career in architectural engineering. Legislation Leads Change All students can learn; however, not all students learn in the same way or at the same pace.

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Neo LMS

DECEMBER 12, 2017

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Piloted at the start of the pandemic, the Hub —which was only virtual given safety constraints—is an academic program that empowers families to exchange knowledge and resources to support their children’s learning and emotional wellness. We listened to our families and built solutions around that,” says Young.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

A few years ago, we wrote an article for EdSurge about our school, Taos Academy, and its personalized learning model, focused on flexible weekly scheduling. In that model, students come to campus a few days a week and learn online the rest of the time—not unlike what many schools are experimenting with these days.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

Yet, the fundamental problem with this line of questioning is that it inaccurately conflates access to online learning content with access to a course experience. They explain that they either come to MOOCs with specific learning goals that they selectively pursue or are simply not motivated to earn a certificate.

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The Cornerstone for Teachers

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Adaptive assessments, i.e. personalized learning or individualized instruction tools, are (often) computer-based, multiple-choice tests that adjust to get increasingly difficult or easier in response to correct/incorrect answers. From these programs teachers are armed with “personalized learning plans” for each student. .

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

It can mean more work for students and teachers alike, it disadvantages students without strong home internet access and it’s all too easy for teachers to get it wrong, isolating students even further. “A Perhaps also because as flipped learning has evolved, it has adopted much more of an open-ended definition.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Digital devices, be they iPads, laptops, Chromebooks, Macs, or PCs, give students access to endless amounts of web-based resources for research, inquiry, collaboration, sharing, and more. Because they’re authentic and practical, micro-credentials result in powerful, personalized, skills-driven learning for students. Not anymore.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2023

The disparities often stem from larger structural issues — a lack of access to quality curricula , for instance, or teachers expecting students to perform poorly. Recently, the gaps have worsened in the wake of the pandemic and its disruptions to learning. “It’s It’s like ironing a shirt.

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eSchool News

MAY 23, 2024

Educators juggle curiosity and a bit of apprehension when it comes to integrating AI into teaching and learning. The overwhelming majority of K-12 educators believe that professional development should include sessions on the implications of AI, and lesson plans should include materials to help students learn about them as well.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Some districts are using fully remote learning models to start, some are opting for hybrid models, while others are implementing new safety protocols to begin in-person learning. Twenty-four districts have said they will be sharing data about students’ learning to families.

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