Blended learning allows students to learn at their own pace, but there are a number of challenges to making it work. During a recent webinar sponsored by Middlebury…
The nonprofit Technology, Education and Design (TED) is “devoted to spreading ideas,” according to its mission statement. How does it do that? By recording and posting various talks…
As organizations move through various stages in preparation for blended learning, teachers can choose the degree to which they engage with change. However, once the final stage is…
As K-12 schools across the country begin to implement online learning, issues of cheating and lack of credibility are some of the main reasons why skeptics hesitate in…
Self-paced blended learning shows that a timetabled lesson/period in a traditional classroom is an arbitrary artificial construct of the teacher’s mind At best, it is a well-intentioned educated…
Across the United States, educators are incorporating more blended learning programs to customize teaching and learning through education programs that combine face-to-face learning with online instruction and content…
Once a foreign concept, virtual field trips and tours have skyrocketed in popularity, due in part to tight school budgets and a growth in classroom mobile technology tools.…
“If you design something for the average …person, wouldn’t it fit most people?” Todd Rose - The Myth of Average: from TEDx This seems like a natural conclusion…
Blended learning programs are growing in popularity across the U.S., as more educators and students seek to personalize teaching and learning through education programs that combine face-to-face learning…
A new school year. Students new to middle school from primary school. A new subject with a new pedagogy. How do students cope? Surprisingly well. The learning rates…
Some teachers initially view self-paced Blended Learning as a process where the “computer does the teaching” and the role of the teacher is diminished. Practical experience with this…
While not necessarily commonplace , blended learning--any instance in which a student learns in both a brick-and-mortar school and through an online delivery platform--is growing in popularity in…
Although many states, districts, and education leaders are beginning 2014 with a fresh perspective on education priorities, familiar issues--including funding, Common Core, and policy--are sure to emerge. The…
In keeping with the recent professional development reform of focusing less on technology skills that are constantly changing and more on mindset and 21st century pedagogy, the key…
Hybrid innovations are technologies that bridge tradition to the future, fundamentally changing how an entire industry performs; and according to education experts, K-12 is currently experiencing one hybrid…
Canadian children are increasingly being left to their own devices – both literally and figuratively – when it comes to accessing the internet, according to a major new…
As school leaders consider adopting blended learning to provide more opportunities for their students, here are five key considerations gleaned from the thousands of schools we’ve worked with.
As K–12 blended learning has grown, efforts have popped up across the country to create breakthrough proof points that stretch our collective understanding of what is possible for…