Iterating Toward Openness

JULY 5, 2023

By definition, our lack of imagination is the only limit on our ability to use these tools in novel ways. I continue to try to imagine ways generative AI can impact teaching and learning, including learning materials like textbooks. After I have answered all the questions, give me feedback on my answers again.’

OER 183

OER Exercises Case Study Instructional Materials 183

Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

This is especially evident over the decade, as schools have increasingly adopted mobile learning as a signature initiative using BYOD and 1:1 programs and investing in tablets to provide their students with access to a wealth of relevant educational content and learning opportunities.

Mobile Learning 183

Mobile Learning Mobility Classroom Tablets 183

K12 Open Ed

MAY 3, 2016

The reasons for this are many — ranging from the culture of some schools that holds instructional materials as sacrosanct to the lack of time and/or expertise to do this work. However, I think another key element is the very nature of instructional materials.

OER 100

OER Instructional Materials Assessment Course 100

Edsurge

JULY 24, 2023

Each prompt offered aligned information sources, and instructional materials and other teacher supports accompanied the tool. Proficient definition—“The essay introduces a clear claim based on the topic or text(s). Proficient definition—“The essay uses clear, relevant evidence and explains how the evidence supports the claim.

Tools 148

Tools EdTech Instructional Materials Survey 148

Edsurge

APRIL 26, 2021

And they found MidSchoolMath —much to the delight of Erica Wheeler, Lead Instructional Materials Coordinator for Santa Fe Public Schools. This definitely fits into that. You need a teacher who knows how to facilitate that, but these materials are really designed for it. Students in Ms.

Flipped Classroom 165

Flipped Classroom Groups Elementary Instructional Materials 165

eSchool News

JULY 27, 2017

But while the term is recognizable, definitions vary–and the wrong idea about flipped learning could be detrimental to schools. In flipped environments, students use their individual/at-home time to access learning and instructional material with a device. What is flipped learning?

Instructional Materials 83

Instructional Materials Learning Groups Accessibility 83

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2020

From California to Connecticut , legislation is being written and revised to specifically tie attendance to learners’ documented interaction with instructional material. Districts need to know definitively if a student is unable to access learning resources so they can help them keep learning.”

Data 216

Data LMS EdTech Accessibility 216

Edsurge

AUGUST 15, 2017

For example, there is no evidence that matching instructional materials to a student’s preferred “learning style” helps learning, nor that there are “right-brain” and “left-brain” learners. This explanation is definitely plausible. Cognitive Ease (or why we like things that are easy to process).

Learning 158

Learning Examples Instructional Materials Social Media 158

eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Personalized learning is a pretty well-known term, but educators have different definitions for personalized learning, making for a sometimes-confusing approach to its implementation. Targeted instruction: Instruction aligns to specific student needs and learning goals.

Personalized Learning 70

Personalized Learning Instructional Materials Learning Education Elements 70

Edsurge

AUGUST 1, 2017

If we’re okay with that soft definition, it will harm students,” he says. Reyes recognizes that personalized learning overlaps with a number of long established instructional philosophies, frameworks and practices. “As long as we struggle to define it, some people will continue to see only the surface (the technology).

Personalized Learning 129

Personalized Learning Meeting Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 129

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 23, 2020

The Definition of “Open Textbook”. The proposed definition of “open textbook” reads, in part: “An open textbook may also include a variety of open educational resources or materials used by instructors in the development of a course and those learning activities necessary for successful completion of a course by students.

Assessment 114

Assessment LMS Exercises Outcomes 114

Edsurge

JULY 20, 2017

Rather than limiting yourself to looking at educational resources produced by schools or universities, find examples of instructional materials from other sectors to get ideas. The field is so new that there are no definitive ways to do it “right” and lots of approaches are worth learning from.

Udemy 163

Udemy Course Coursera MOOC 163

Iterating Toward Openness

MARCH 1, 2016

Definition: Efforts to re-read notes, tests, or textbooks to prepare for class or further testing. Definition: Overt or covert rearrangement of instructional materials to improve learning. There’s one degree of separation because you can’t rearrange the materials, just the ideas within them.

Wiki 60

Wiki Instructional Materials Examples Strategy 60

Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Commonlit is a source for free, high-quality instructional materials designed to support literacy development (grades 3-12.). The definitive resource on literacy development and developmentally responsive literacy instruction, PreK-8! Besides, adds Gehsmann, “reading is a wonderful source of pleasure and enjoyment.”

Elementary 151

Elementary Assessment Study Instructional Materials 151

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

JANUARY 20, 2024

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a multifaceted framework that can be understood through various insightful definitions provided by different experts in the field. Each definition offers a unique perspective on UDL’s purpose, application, and impact in educational environments. What is Universal Design for Learning ?

UDL 120

UDL Learning Accessibility Collaborative Learning 120

Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2017

Those four elements—flexible content and tools, targeted instruction, data-driven decisions and student reflection and ownership—are the Core Four of Personalized Learning. The Core Four.

Personalized Learning 63

Personalized Learning Instructional Materials Learning Education Elements 63

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 13, 2018

Leave this field empty if you're human: Teachers often spend many hours at night or on weekends searching the internet for good instructional materials – or just good ideas about how to meld online learning into their classrooms. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning.

OER 96

OER How To Common Core Instructional Materials 96

Edsurge

JULY 31, 2020

According to an EdSurge/Social Context Labs analysis of 196 school district policies published during spring 2020, nearly two-thirds offered printed instructional materials to families to use for schoolwork, a figure that was higher among high-poverty districts than low-poverty districts. It’s definitely sparked something in her.

Elementary 169

Elementary Analysis Guidelines Instructional Materials 169

Hapara

MAY 9, 2022

The certification training definitely helped us understand the ins and outs of H?para Much of this time is not instructional material used in classes. We have two teachers that are H?para para Champions that have been helping other teachers through professional development to further understand H?para.

Digital Citizenship 130

Digital Citizenship Elementary Hapara Instructional Materials 130

User Generated Education

JULY 25, 2016

The educator needs to be an astute observer of how learners interact with instructional materials, and make adjustments if problems arise. I would definitely do this activity again and would facilitate extensions of the activity such as, “Is there anything else you’d like to create to go with your jet pack?’

Education 120

Education Robotics Elementary Examples 120

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

The organization provides free reports and reviews online that help K-12 educators evaluate math, language arts and science instructional materials because high-quality content matters to teachers, to kids, and to their collective future. Read the full report on EdReports.org.

E-rate 57

E-rate Instructional Materials Company Meeting 57

Hapara

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

What digital inclusion means By definition, digital equity exists when tools and technology are made available for people to fully participate in their community and society as a whole. According to Tate, schools or districts need to adopt high-quality instructional materials or purchase licenses for digital learning tools.

Strategy 147

Strategy Technology Classroom Accessibility 147

edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2018

Questioning the quality of instructional materials 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. As important as having a definition and criteria are, though, SETDA also emphasized the need for state-level leadership.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Resources OER Policies 40

EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Many districts have added a Director for Instructional Technology to their administrative roster to help with the integration of technology into existing practices.

Technology 100

Technology Industry Instructional Materials Tools 100

Marketplace K-12

JULY 8, 2016

The Software and Information Industry Association, in a recent online post , said the campaign—which encourages states and districts to consider open options—wrongly suggests that open resources are invariably linked with districts’ shifts to adopting digital materials, whereas commercial materials are stuck in the print world.

Software 74

Software Groups OER Industry 74

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 24, 2022

Journalists discovered cheating scandals and evidence of low-quality instructional materials. We definitely wouldn’t come away from this study saying online credit recovery is great,” Rickles said. “It The online software was a lot cheaper than paying a teacher and graduation rates went up. But there was a downside.

Course 102

Course Software Instructional Materials Blended Learning 102

techlearning

JUNE 13, 2018

June 13, 2018—Curriculum Associates’ i-Ready Instruction for Grades K–8 recently met all correlation criteria for the WIDA PRIME V2 Protocol for Review of Instructional Materials for ELLs (PRIME V2). To learn more about i-Ready Instruction ’s alignment to PRIME V2, visit the WIDA website [link]. NORTH BILLERICA, Mass.,

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Differentiated Instruction Data Assessment 40

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Microschools have definitely made a mark in the K–12 landscape. Online instructional materials have come a long way from the McGuffey Readers of the late 1800s. In the last year, organizations such as the National Microschooling Center and KaiPod Catalyst have launched to support the people and communities creating microschools.

Policies 107

Policies Libraries Instructional Materials Secondary 107

Edsurge

JANUARY 12, 2017

More than 6 million students in all 50 states use products offered by Curriculum Associates, which sells research-based print and online instructional materials, assessments, and data management tools, including its flagship tool, the adaptive assessment and instruction package, i-Ready.

Adaptive Learning 60

Adaptive Learning Company Instructional Materials Strategy 60

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JULY 9, 2019

For each concept, you need to have instructional materials to teach and to test the concept. Just look at the definition of any concept. The definition will give you what the requisite knowledge is. It starts by having a detailed map of every concept the student needs to know in order to achieve mastery of a subject.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Elementary Exercises Analysis 40

Knowledge Avatars K-12

JULY 9, 2019

For each concept, you need to have instructional materials to teach and to test the concept. Just look at the definition of any concept. The definition will give you what the requisite knowledge is. It starts by having a detailed map of every concept the student needs to know in order to achieve mastery of a subject.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Elementary Exercises Analysis 40

eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2015

State standard codes and definitions appear throughout students’ practice and are included in educator reports. The “Find Instructional Material” functionality recommends lessons and resources that are aligned to each state’s standards from Triumph Learning’s Coach curriculum.

Instructional Materials 40

Instructional Materials Learning Elementary Report 40

Iterating Toward Openness

APRIL 29, 2016

A growing number of peer-reviewed studies and other research reports are demonstrating that when faculty who previously used commercial products as their core instructional materials replace them with OER, student learning either stays the same or increases. But who chooses the core instructional resources students will use?

OER 60

OER Instructional Materials Pearson Resources 60

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

AUGUST 10, 2023

Delving deep into the digital world, I’ve amalgamated countless hours of online research, analyzed a plethora of reader reviews, and sprinkled in my personal experiences to craft this definitive list of top projectors for your classroom.

Epson 98

Epson Classroom Laptops Instructional Materials 98

eSchool News

JANUARY 1, 2021

When we posted our 2020 predictions on January 1 last year, we–along with the majority of the world–definitely didn’t anticipate the curveball that was (and continues to be) the global COVID-19 pandemic. 2020 has been called a dumpster fire, the worst year in recent memory, and more. education system.

EdTech 145

EdTech Digital Divide Broadband PresenceLearning 145

The Cornerstone for Teachers

MAY 24, 2017

I shared with you before how much I love Kiddom as an easy tool for managing standards-based grading , and there’s a couple of new updates that you definitely need to know about if you’re spending too much time creating resources for differentiated instruction.

Khan Academy 49

Khan Academy Tools Differentiated Instruction Instructional Materials 49

edWeb.net

MAY 5, 2019

Dudycha articulated that “inclusion has a new definition along with accessibility. In the past when an autistic student came across a word that they didn’t know, they might leave their chair to ask the teacher the word definition. It is more about accessing learning and curricula content that foster engagement for all students.”.

Accessibility 49

Accessibility Tools Microsoft Classroom 49