EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

Let’s start with what personalized learning is — or should be — and go from there. Indeed, the concept has been conflated with other educational and ­instructional approaches that integrate technology : adaptive learning, blended ­learning , ­competency-based learning and differentiated learning, to name just a few.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Today, I’m amazed at the impact technology can have on the learning process—especially when it enables teachers to personalize learning. And I never tire of hearing stories from educators who are successfully implementing personalized approaches to provide their students a truly unique learning experience.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 15, 2020

As of late, I have been working with quite a few districts on personalization through a variety of blended learning strategies. I can honestly say that I have learned so much from them over the years as to what pedagogically-sound blended learning really is, and, in my mind, they are a global exemplar for others to emulate.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 10, 2020

I must say that the definition and description above align seamlessly with the environment we are currently experiencing. Investments in flexible seating should continue, but a more concerted effort to personalize learning through high-agency practices such as blended learning is needed at scale.

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A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

In March of 2009, I began to use Twitter, and it was at this time that I began to create a Personal Learning Network (PLN). A dynamic mash-up of workshops and coaching definitely falls into the sweet spot. It is crucial always to align any professional learning with current trends and needs.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These days many schools tout blended learning programs when marketing their school to potential students. Blended learning can combine the flexibility of online instruction with the benefits of in-person teaching. The Good The best blended learning programs seem to have some common threads.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 23, 2020

The school’s learning management system (LMS) is an indispensable tool for blended learning, personalized learning, and instruction in general. A more experienced teacher can learn faster and skip some modules, while a newer teacher could find it useful to revisit training material whenever needed.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 26, 2017

public education these days is personalized learning. Personalized learning is something teachers do, something students do, something teachers do with students, or something students do with one another. Personalized learning is a noun, a verb, and an adjective. Personalized learning has laudable aims.

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A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 19, 2020

You can either lurk and learn or develop your own Personal Learning Network (PLN) to farm the best ideas and strategies that are actually working in similar demographics. This definitely applies now. So many resources are being shared daily on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, and Pinterest.

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The Web20Classroom

MAY 10, 2017

Through Learning Management Systems (LMS) many educators are moving to put content online and extend learning beyond the four walls and beyond the school day. This Blended Learning approach is both beneficial but its definition can be tough to nail down. Want to learn more?

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The CoolCatTeacher

MAY 14, 2021

Just as we discuss personalizing learning for students, we as teachers have a responsibility to personalize learning for ourselves. So, social-emotional learning is definitely on the list. . So self-care or “Educator Wellness” is definitely an area for me. Areas to Strengthen and Keep Up to Date.

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Battelle for Kids

JANUARY 3, 2016

Driving Question: Blended Learning- A Name Is Not Always the Same. After spending a month researching the topic and talking with school leaders and teachers who have adopted the "blended" label, I came to the conclusion that blended "learning" means many different things. Volume 3, Issue 1, Number 1.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

The profiles are part of the school’s embrace of personalized learning, which centers on the belief that a teacher lecturing at the front of a classroom is a bad fit for today’s students. Personalized learning has, in recent years, become one of the most talked-about trends in education.

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A Principal's Reflections

MAY 20, 2018

Personalized and blended learning pathways were proclaimed to be the future of education. From a growth perspective, the Personal Learning Network ( PLN ) concept has dramatically impacted countless educators across the globe. Definitions of digital leadership vary and have pretty much become a semantic issue.

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Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

For a conference named after “blended learning,” many attendees were surprised to learn that they did not agree on what the term meant. I was talking to a colleague who was using blended and personalized learning the same way,” says Dance. “I The sessions are long because you’re supposed to go deep.”

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Personalized learning has been an education buzzword for several years. A recent survey of by the state education technology directors association, or SETDA, put personalized learning at the top of the list of state priorities. But what does personalized learning actually mean, and how can school leaders do it?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Revere hosted a learning tour for other schools last year, to share its experiences with personalizing learning. Blended learning was the gateway to personalized learning in the Natick Public Schools, about 20 miles west of Boston. Grace Magley, director of digital learning, Natick (Mass.)

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Edsurge

JULY 13, 2017

Milton Bryant is the first to admit that implementing blended learning successfully didn’t come overnight. For the past four years, Bryant has been tirelessly adapting his approach to personalized learning to ensure that each student is thriving, even when that means scrapping ideas that don’t quite pan out.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But after a year-long, data-driven, deep dive into how people understand and apply the learning approaches variously called personalized learning, individualized instruction and differentiation, we’re intimately familiar with Shakespeare’s conundrum. At EdSurge, we’re researchers and journalists, not philosophers. What It Is.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Starting something in these areas means that, by definition, there is typically more upside than downside because the alternative is that students will have no other options. From this base, Chesapeake High School, for example, is experimenting with blended learning throughout the school and allowing teachers more freedom to innovate.

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EdTechSandyK

MARCH 6, 2017

Good, Bad, & Ugly: Blended Learning Effectiveness SXSWedu 2017 Debate Julia Freeland Fisher, Director of Education Research, Christensen Institute Lisa Hansel, Advisor, Knowledge Matters Saro Mohammed (Moderator), Partner, The Learning Accelerator Personalized learning is one of true transformational opportunities in education.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2017

All the wishes they’ve expressed are pieces of a personalized learning environment. So wouldn’t it might make sense that, to better prepare teachers to personalize learning for students, we should start by personalizing how we learn and grow in our profession as teachers? What’s Next?

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This whole personalized learning approach is really where we’re moving. 30-second elevator pitch for the Learning Journey model. Mark: I’d probably start by asking them, “What’s the number one thing they want to change about student learning in their school district?”. Mistake in Personalizing Learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

There are many reasons, including a lack of clarity around definitions , a lack of efficacy—because of confusion around the term—and, at some schools, a lack of rigor. The real magic of blended learning occurs when teachers use technology to boost human interaction, in both frequency and impact. It’s a bad word.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

“We do not believe that there is yet definitive proof that personalized learning works better than other models.”­. — All That We’ve Learned: Five Years of Working on Personalized Learning. First the word was blended learning, before it was hybrid, and now it’s personalized learning.

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Shake Up Learning

OCTOBER 6, 2020

I’ve seen a lot of confusion about what these words mean, and I think that defining these, along with strategies and tools, will help us better approach remote learning, hybrid learning, and yes, even face-to-face and blended learning. Definitions. Choice boards/Learning Menus. Flexible work time).

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

My journey as an educator began thirty years ago and—I’ll admit—references to personalized learning were never mentioned or formally discussed back then. We consider physical changes as being individual and unique, yet do we recognize that each person’s learning journey can be just as individual?

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2] NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning.

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 16, 2015

For some, getting a clear definition of blended learning still can be a challenge. While there’s some debate over the correct ratio, blended learning is a combination of online instruction and face-to-face instruction. Personalized learning. Access Now>> Safe Learning Management'

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Gaggle Speaks

MARCH 16, 2015

For some, getting a clear definition of blended learning still can be a challenge. While there’s some debate over the correct ratio, blended learning is a combination of online instruction and face-to-face instruction. Personalized learning. Two modalities. The role of the teacher.

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Linways Technologies

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

A Blended Approach for 21st-century education. Blended learning. Blended learning , by definition, is a pedagogical strategy where the students learn with a combination of face-to-face interactions and digital communication. Another advantage of the sync model is the natural blend of technology.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2016

The National Education Policy Center (NEPC) released a report last week warning that online and blended learning schools are struggling. Regarding blended learning in particular, the report used a deeply flawed methodology to count and evaluate the blended schools nationwide. Do lectures work?

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

We definitely do try to go that extra step to make those children feel just as comfortable and just as supported and let them know, ‘You can be successful even if you don’t have the same stuff at home that another child has,’” Parker says. You take a personal interest,” says Keith. “It Connecting Every Student to Personalized Learning.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 23, 2015

A coordinated, intentional program of blended learning is changing teaching and learning in the Nation’s capital. Blended and personalized learning were two topics on the rise this year. Part of their success has hinged on the way teachers are using blended learning in the classroom.

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Reading By Example

OCTOBER 20, 2016

One approach that may offer that reasonable next step in embedding personalized learning into practice is blended learning. It combines online and face-to-face learning “that uses a variety of tools – digital, artistic, problem-solving, etc. These elements can ensure students meet their potential.

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Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

A great deal of initial research exists about blended learning techniques such as game-based learning, but adoption has stalled because of a lack of scalable, practical techniques that have also proven effective. I would definitely use games like these in a classroom again,” she says. In every district throughout the U.S.,

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