Is standardization the enemy of personalization? Not necessarily
A key difference between a system that standardizes to personalize and one that doesn’t is whether it starts with robust diagnostics that put precision first.
May 17, 2018
Author: juliaf
Competency-Based Learning
5 trends for seeding CBE growth
Antiquated time-based metrics and incentives can thwart efforts to reinvent learning in a competency-based manner. Here are 5 ways that allow new models to take root.
May 8, 2018
Competency-Based Learning
Using virtual mentors to expand offline networks and grow career aspirations
Read how one online mentoring program helps students build self-efficacy and offline networks.
May 2, 2018
Social Capital
How to take online mentoring to the bright side
Online mentoring has a unique ability to fill gaps in students’ networks.
Apr 5, 2018
Social Capital
5 levers that can unlock smarter demand for education technology
Here are five emerging demand-driven efforts with the potential to tackle the disconnect between technology’s immense possibility and where it’s currently falling short.
Mar 29, 2018
Personalized learning won’t work without personalized supports
Personalized learning advocates in search of equity would be wise to embrace the science of integrated student supports.
Mar 21, 2018
Why your school’s next hire should be an Opportunity Wrangler
New roles involve coordinating additional student services inside of school and connecting students to more opportunities beyond schools.
Mar 1, 2018
3 ways to harness digital for personalized learning success
This Digital Learning Day, Mary Ann Wolf, Nancy Mangum and Elizabeth Bobst share advice for school leaders looking to leverage the transition to digital learning to foster a more student-centered learning environment.
Feb 22, 2018
Why true equity in learning depends on proactive, not reactive, design
If personalized learning is really going to work to advance equity, innovators must anchor the design process - on the front end - in the needs of traditionally disadvantaged students.
Jan 25, 2018
5 big ideas for education innovation in 2018
Looking ahead to 2018, here are five key topics that stand to make--or break--education innovation.
Jan 10, 2018