The state of New Jersey has been quietly spurring a wave of innovation that is gathering force and speed. The wave is engaging schools and districts, collaborators across the nation, and community partners close to home. The initiative – innovateNJ – is creating a corps of innovators who push, from each of their different roles […]
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Whenever a new study comes out that says blended learning is effective, or blended learning isn’t effective, the first thing I do is take a close read of the methods to see what the authors really mean by “blended learning” and “effectiveness.” Sometimes it’s very clear how these terms were defined, but frustratingly it is
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Over the last nine months, TLA has been engaged in a deep research effort to better understand teaching and learning in blended and personalized learning environments. We have learned a great deal and identified some really terrific practices at a number of schools nationally. We plan to share out as much as we can in
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Devices? Check. Software? Check. Communications Plan? Woops. Like many of you, I make the rounds of edTech conferences looking for golden nuggets of wisdom about how to successfully implement blended learning in schools. Case studies, lessons learned, best practices…these are what I hunt for and I’ve discovered a new theme that many of us have
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Grant to support programs aimed at nationwide implementation of blended learning Cupertino, CA – July 21, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator, the catalyst transforming American K-12 education through blended learning on a national scale, today announced that it has received an unrestricted grant totaling $500,000 over two years from Carnegie Corporation of New York. The
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Free, online training series helps teachers, school, and district leaders Cupertino, CA – August 10, 2015 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a non-profit organization catalyzing the transformation of American K-12 education through blended learning on a national scale, and grantee Relay Graduate School of Education (Relay), a leading, nationally accredited graduate school of education, today
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Executive with 30 years leadership experience across both the public and private technology sectors, most recently as a Managing Director at Pearson Education Cupertino, CA — August 28, 2015 — The K-12 OER Collaborative, an organization dedicated to increasing the quality and effectiveness of K-12 instructional materials while substantially reducing their cost to school districts
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The Learning Accelerator has just released its District Guide to Blended Learning Measurement, which provides a useful framework to districts thinking about how to determine whether their digital learning efforts are yielding results. Educators and blended learning advocates are increasingly stressing the fact that technology should be implemented only with clear educational goals in mind,
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An earlier post reviewed the recently published District Guide to Blended Learning Measurement from The Learning Accelerator, and promised a follow-up post regarding the distinction that the guide makes between research and evaluation. This distinction is important, for reasons explained by Richard Culata and Katrina Stevens of the US Department of Education: “Every app sounds
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The Learning Accelerator team will be busy at iNACOL this year, with many of our partners and grantees involved in compelling sessions and/or pre-conference workshops. Please join us! Sunday, November 8 A Step-By-Step Guide to Communications Planning for Blended Learning: Key Messages, Tips, and Tactics for Knowing What to Say and When to Say It
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