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Matsuoka and Motley Join TLA Board of Directors
Celebrated superintendent Cary Matsuoka and instructional technology expert Al Motley join nonprofit board dedicated to blended and personalized learning Cupertino, CA – January 23, 2017 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit catalyzing...
Matsuoka and Motley Join TLA Board of Directors
Celebrated superintendent Cary Matsuoka and instructional technology expert Al Motley join nonprofit board dedicated to blended and personalized learning Cupertino, CA – January 23, 2017 – The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit catalyzing...
What is unique about the researcher’s role in measuring blended learning success?
In previous posts, I illustrated to edtech developers and educators how they can contribute to our shared understanding of if, when, and how blended learning is effective through TLA’s Measurement Agenda for Blended Learning. In this post, I focus...
What is the educator’s role in measuring blended learning success?
At this year’s iNACOL symposium, there was increasing consensus around the idea that understanding the effectiveness of blended and personalized learning in different contexts can no longer be put off into the future or left to researchers and think...
ARPA-Ed: What would it take?
Recently, the White House hosted a Symposium on the Future of Education R&D and Digital Learning, at which 100 or so researchers came together to share with and learn from each other. The purpose of this meeting was twofold—first, to review...
Lounge Lessons: Clearing up persistent teacher misconceptions on blended learning
Having taught high school and middle school for almost ten years, I still have many friends who are educators and administrators throughout the country. Recently I visited a school and was able to reconnect with some of them, talk about life, and...
A Measurement Agenda: Role of Edtech Developers?
As the implementation of blended and personalized learning grows, questions about effectiveness are becoming relevant to more students and families, teachers, and classrooms across the nation. Researchers and think tanks cannot generate these...
Really the End of Average?
It seems that everywhere I turn these days, there’s another book or article reproaching our reliance on averages, and, by extension, the “gold standard” of scientific research – the randomized controlled trial (RCT)–in education. The two concepts...
The Classroom Blender: Looking at Education Through a New Lens
Montana-based science teacher, Jessica Anderson, is one of the 11 Master Teachers selected to participate in our project with BetterLesson. We asked her to reflect on her experience making the switch to blended learning and to share advice for other...
Learning from the Masters: BetterLesson Selects 11 Outstanding Blended Learning Teachers
In talking with teachers and leaders on the ground, we’ve been told time and time again that nothing beats getting to see a peer demonstrate how blended learning works in the classroom. The problem is, though, that because blended learning is such a...
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