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Blended Learning Implementation Guide

February 5, 2013

Digital Learning Now! (DLN) released "The Blended Learning Implementation Guide," the fifth DLN Smart Series paper, for leaders who are ready seize the opp…

Seizing the Opportunity at the Top: How the U.S. Can Reach Every Student with an Effective Teacher

January 1, 2011

American children deserve the one ingredient we know creates stellar learning results: excellent teachers, consistently. This brief explains why every child needs excellent teachers year after …

3x for all: Extending the Reach of Education’s Best

January 1, 2009

Teacher effectiveness has the largest impact of school effects on student learning, and research indicates that top-quintile teachers produce learning gains three times (3X) that of bottom-quin…

Introduce Facilitation in Your Next Testing Initiative

January 28, 2013

Key Takeaways A facilitated testing program uses a three-stage approach that motivates testers to actively engage with a system by first introducing the expected changes and th…

Building a Flexible BYOD Program

August 13, 2012

To succeed at BYOD, organizations must have the flexibility to respond quickly as technologies evolve. The author discusses ways to plan for a BYOD program in EdTech Magazine. Know what…

The Oregon DATA Project: Building a Culture of Data Literacy

July 18, 2012

Mickey Garrison is Director of Data Literacy for the Oregon Department of Education, and Megan Monson is the Communications Director for ODE's Direct Access to Achie…

Next Generation Learning Challenge: Simulating Teaching

December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Can someone learn to teach by practicing with a classroom simulation ? Simulations provide multiple chances to practice , including making attempts with highe…

Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning (cPLTL): Development and Implementation

December 15, 2011

Key Takeaways Given the proven success of peer-led team learning , an experiment explored whether cyber PLTL could achieve similar success , especially in STEM fields. R…

Situational Qualities Exhibited by Exceptional Presenters

October 18, 2011

Bad presentations are commonplace, but rather than focus on what is wrong with bad presentations, the authors looked at what makes an exceptional presentation . They referenced recent…

Penetrating the Fog: Analytics in Learning and Education

September 12, 2011

George Siemens ( gsiemens@gmail.com ) is with the Technology Enhanced Knowledge Research Institute at Athabasca University. Phil Long ( longpd@uq.edu.au ) is a Professor in the Schools of …