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All four are profiled in casestudies that detail their policies, funding allotments, adoption processes and notable challenges. In states that mix adoption and local control, like Utah, a commission reviews, vets and ultimately recommends instructionalmaterials, although districts have final say.
A friend recently read a 2004 Harvard Business School casestudy of Wireless Generation’s work in Montgomery County, Maryland, and responded: “Thanks! As a casestudy, consider a typical district literacy initiative, which is anchored on one of the big basal reading programs.
Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital InstructionalMaterials Acquisition Policies for States, OER CaseStudies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.
Then do the same with every colorful little box containing an example, casestudy, etc. In graduate school I was endlessly fascinated with Gordon Pask’s conversation theory , which seems to have broad implications for the design of this new kind of instructionalmaterial.
Now, a new resource from SETDA offers a look at different state-level procurement models to demonstrate how various states have implemented policies and procedures to procure digital resources, instructionalmaterials and devices. Next page: Procedures from 4 states highlighted in the report).
Recent in-depth casestudies of Chicago and Baltimore City Public Schools and my own research, including candid conversations with current and former big-city superintendents, have convinced me of a stark reality: States and cities must either empower bold leaders to make dramatic changes or step in to make those changes themselves.
Once all students have access to strong core instruction, educators can customize instruction for those with specific needs. A second common thread is supporting teachers through professional development and coaching and with high-quality instructionalmaterials.
The most recent issue of IRRODL included an article titled Effectiveness of OER Use in First-Year Higher Education Students’ Mathematical Course Performance: A CaseStudy , by Juan I. Do fees for access to online materials disqualify a program? Venegas-Muggli and Werner Westermann.
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Blum: At ACT (which acquired OpenEd),we’re focused on the question of: If you’ve identified the learning gap, what’s the best instructionalmaterial to help the student? Not just ACT material; we want to give you the best instructional resource we can find. We use machine learning to pinpoint those.
Refocusing classrooms around up-and-coming digital materials requires more than just adding a new tech-based product or two as many processes for reviewing and purchasing instructionalmaterials are still built around print textbooks. “We saw that our code was only looking at the adoption of textbooks,” said DeLeón.
Questioning the quality of instructionalmaterials isn’t new to the digital education era. Thus, there is the potential for more disparity in the quality of materials from school to school. State leaders need to make sure they are giving educators the tools they need to select the best materials for the classroom.
Guide provides casestudies on how districts successfully adopted integrated digital curriculum systems. The eBook provides educators with digital curriculum strategies, casestudies and insights for connecting courses, resources and assessments with common standards and learning objects.
During a tour of updates to SETDA’s Digital InstructionalMaterials Acquisition Policies for States (DMAPS) , which showcases state policies in support of digital materials, Christine Fox, Deputy Executive Director for SETDA, discussed new features like professional development information.
Problem-Based Learning (PBL): PBL tasks students with solving real-world problems or casestudies, requiring them to apply knowledge and critical thinking skills to develop solutions. It encourages inquiry, creativity, and independent learning. This approach maximizes classroom time for interactive, hands-on learning experiences.
Included in the new report and accompanying website are casestudies of success stories. Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital InstructionalMaterials Acquisition Policies for States, OER CaseStudies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information.
In a recent edWebinar , presenters from Idaho and Pennsylvania discussed how state and district leadership support digital learning opportunities and implement digital materials. According to the Brookings Institution there is strong evidence that the choice of instructionalmaterials has large effects on student learning.
This successful failure became a casestudy in ingenuity. Input Reviews : Postsecondary institutions, K-12 and providers regularly review the standards, instructionalmaterials, educator qualifications, exams, student outcome data and vertical linkages of offerings to ensure quality.
In PBL, students work collaboratively to solve real-world problems or casestudies, applying knowledge from the curriculum to analyze situations and develop solutions. Active learning involves engaging students in activities that require them to participate actively in the learning process, rather than passively receiving information.
Recent publications and projects include Navigating the Digital Shift, Digital InstructionalMaterials Acquisition Policies for States, OER CaseStudies: Implementation in Action, The Broadband Imperative and From Data to Information. Christine’s background includes experience in education and consulting.
As a final driver toward improving the desire to study, we consider the influence of peers on student behavior, through the powers of camaraderie and competition. ." Using Social Motivators. The key is to involve students in the creation of the flashcards themselves.
2013) define UDL as “a set of principles and techniques for use in the classroom along with the design of accessible instructionalmaterials.” Using a participatory action research approach to create a universally designed inclusive high school science course: A casestudy. To start with, Courey et al.
Get some casestudies really fast. If you are building new charter schools you need new hardware, new instructionalmaterials, and new school supplies. I would not go into the system next year without some evidence of efficacy,” House advises.
” “Taking action,” in this case, meant releasing some casestudies and posting a notice on the Federal Register about how a competitive grant program could provide a more “innovative” way to build assessments. Everything’s a business opportunity.
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