Flexible learning models allow students to learn at different paces, through various modes, and tailor their learning to their interests. This includes both online and blended approaches, with classrooms becoming more student-centered. As technology and digital tools become more prevalent, there is debate around their benefits and whether an asynchronous online model truly meets student needs. Educators are also rethinking curriculum, instruction, professional development, and how learning is demonstrated to better prepare students for 21st century skills and career transitions through competency-based and cross-curricular approaches.
Workshop: Setting the Foundations for an Iterative Course Evolution Model – A...Blackboard APAC
Elements of exemplary course design are well documented and readily accessible from various resources. Most notable are the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (http://bit.ly/2jCURRd) and the Quality Matters Rubrics and Standards (http://bit.ly/2jdtwTG). While these are excellent resources that outlines the goals and standards to improve the learning experience of students in an online or blended course environment, workload associated with its deployment and management is difficult to evaluate.
With increasing strain on teaching and learning support teams within institutions, this exacerbates the challenge faced by instructors and academics of HOW to approach improving their courses in a scalable and manageable way.
This workshop will focus on facilitating participants in the development of a course evolution and management framework. The goal is to guide participants in establishing a unique set of foundations for course design, upon which iterative improvements can be planned and executed in a manageable manner. These can then be mapped against relevant Exemplary Course Design Rubric elements to create short-, mid-, and long-term milestones.
Organizations are currently opting for Learning Management Systems to organize and track their trainings programs. Here is a presentation on "Using LMS to Evaluate Training".
SCDICT 2011 Keynote - Exploring Models of Effective Primary and Secondary E-L...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2011, April). Exploring models of effective primary and secondary e-learning. An invited keynote presentation to the Southern Central Divide Information Communication Technology Professional Development Cluster’s Leading Innovation in a Broadband World conference, Ashburton, New Zealand.
This presentation was delivered as a webinar as part of Insight 2014; Do IT digital-e
Tools explored were Mentimeter, Polleverywhere, Socrative and Nearpod, TitanPad
Lessons learned video in the online classroom 04_10_14_finalAshford University
As more and more universities implement online courses, instructors continually try to find ways to improve student perceptions, engagement, and learning in the online format while limiting challenges. Instructors often turn to different types of media such as video streaming, pdf files, and YouTube videos to enhance the learning environment. Students indicate a likeness for the convenience of online learning, but clear methods have not been established to improve learning in the online format compared to the traditional face-to-face format. We will present the benefits of adding video, the challenges of using video in the online classroom, and future research that we are considering.
This is a powerpoint presentation to explain the benefits of the E Learning courses by Blessings Inc on the portal http://schoolhelp.info many courses are live and coupons can be bought via the links given in the footer of the website
Workshop: Setting the Foundations for an Iterative Course Evolution Model – A...Blackboard APAC
Elements of exemplary course design are well documented and readily accessible from various resources. Most notable are the Blackboard Exemplary Course Program (http://bit.ly/2jCURRd) and the Quality Matters Rubrics and Standards (http://bit.ly/2jdtwTG). While these are excellent resources that outlines the goals and standards to improve the learning experience of students in an online or blended course environment, workload associated with its deployment and management is difficult to evaluate.
With increasing strain on teaching and learning support teams within institutions, this exacerbates the challenge faced by instructors and academics of HOW to approach improving their courses in a scalable and manageable way.
This workshop will focus on facilitating participants in the development of a course evolution and management framework. The goal is to guide participants in establishing a unique set of foundations for course design, upon which iterative improvements can be planned and executed in a manageable manner. These can then be mapped against relevant Exemplary Course Design Rubric elements to create short-, mid-, and long-term milestones.
Organizations are currently opting for Learning Management Systems to organize and track their trainings programs. Here is a presentation on "Using LMS to Evaluate Training".
SCDICT 2011 Keynote - Exploring Models of Effective Primary and Secondary E-L...Michael Barbour
Barbour, M. K. (2011, April). Exploring models of effective primary and secondary e-learning. An invited keynote presentation to the Southern Central Divide Information Communication Technology Professional Development Cluster’s Leading Innovation in a Broadband World conference, Ashburton, New Zealand.
This presentation was delivered as a webinar as part of Insight 2014; Do IT digital-e
Tools explored were Mentimeter, Polleverywhere, Socrative and Nearpod, TitanPad
Lessons learned video in the online classroom 04_10_14_finalAshford University
As more and more universities implement online courses, instructors continually try to find ways to improve student perceptions, engagement, and learning in the online format while limiting challenges. Instructors often turn to different types of media such as video streaming, pdf files, and YouTube videos to enhance the learning environment. Students indicate a likeness for the convenience of online learning, but clear methods have not been established to improve learning in the online format compared to the traditional face-to-face format. We will present the benefits of adding video, the challenges of using video in the online classroom, and future research that we are considering.
This is a powerpoint presentation to explain the benefits of the E Learning courses by Blessings Inc on the portal http://schoolhelp.info many courses are live and coupons can be bought via the links given in the footer of the website
ReimaginED: The Future of K12 EducationDavid Havens
See the original post (with links!) at: http://www.newschools.org/blog/reimagined
Questions? Tweet me @eduhavens
NewSchools Venture Fund presents ReimaginED, a 50 slide overview of the present and future of education.
From TED talk playlists to government speeches, everyone agrees: education is changing. Exactly how, why, or what it all means is still up for debate. Are the low United States PISA scores a sign of stagnation or creativity? Does technology replace or enhance face to face interaction? Are we trying to teach skills, concepts, or learning mindsets?
At NewSchools, we’d like to set the stage differently, in the context of the ground up innovation already happening. While some see the systemic challenges facing us as signs of a depressed age or solemn future, we see it as a call to action. The time is now to re-imagine our education system, and the landscape that’s developed over the last several years offers fertile ground for new approaches.
Just what are the challenges facing our nation, and what are problem solvers doing to keep training the next generation to be the best and brightest? Find out in Re-imagined, a 50 slide overview of the present and future of education.
Over the last 18 months, leaders of the Huron Education Innovation solution have talked with some of the leading scholars and thinkers who are reinventing higher education. Among the guests have been Jason Lane, William Massy, Patti Peterson, and Philip Altbach. This piece ties together and summarizes the topics and emergent themes, including: an elite online-only university now in development, a virtual foreign-exchange program, and how globalization and technology challenge higher education business models while creating new opportunities.
ReimaginED 2015: Trends in K12 EducationDavid Havens
We’re living in a time of tremendous technological change. In the next five years, another billion people will gain access to the internet. By 2020, 80% of the adults on Earth will have a smartphone, double what it is today.
We started the Seed Fund to seek out those places where technological change might be leveraged to improve education, and there is much to improve about our current system. One of the most troubling trends of the last decade is the decrease in educational mobility. As a country, we are doing worse than most at educating our neediest kids which now account for just over half of public school children.
For our neediest children, the problems are cumulative. A series of school failures and missed opportunities add up to an education of accumulated disadvantage, a reverse Matthew Effect of sorts. Our team is focused on how technology can be used to reduce and even eliminate these obstacles so that our school system is an escalator to opportunity for all.
We’ve invested in over 40 teams scaling ideas to improve our education system by empowering students, educators and families with the best tools technology has to offer. Through this lens, we share our second ReImaginED deck. Inspired by KPCB’s Mary Meeker’s widely shared Internet Trends deck, we set out to expose data about our K-12 education system and highlight some of the innovations in education technology. The goal of this deck is to draw out high level trends so it doesn’t include the human stories on the other side of these numbers and charts, see here for some of those.
In ReimaginED 2015 (building off the original published over a year ago), we review the latest systemic challenges, landscape shifts, and emerging innovations that are helping to solve these problems.
Let us know about other innovation trends you are seeing in the comments below or by sharing this on twitter, #ReimaginED2015.
(Cross-post from www.newschools.org/blog/reimagined2015, original post by Jennifer Carolan and David Havens)
Prepared as an interactive session focuses on participating in shifting the paradigm toward learner-centered curriculum delivery. The key factors for adult education are maturity, accumulation of experience; readiness for learning; being problem vs. subject centered; intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation; and curriculum that is anchored as problem-centered rather than content-oriented. Where there is a challenge achieving true innovation, this paper and the planned interactive session offers a series of framework based on Porter's idea on Value Chain Analysis to identify factors which leverage activities along a "chain" of delivering an educational service to self-directed learners. Specifically, course design for online delivery is the scenario for open dialog on shifting the paradigm. This paper contains diagrams for discussion slides that introduce the topic and support open dialog among practitioners at the TCC conference 2011
The iGeneration - the Future of Education Today! - Are Post Secondary institu...Tom D'Amico
K-12 Districts are transitioning to Digital Learning Environments where digital learning and teaching are prevalent - are post-secondary institutions ready for these digital learners?
Blog entry with links here: http://www.reachcap.com/blog/post/2016-edtech-outlook
It’s hard to believe it’s been three years since we published our first ReimaginED report. When we first drafted ReimaginED, we set out to expose systemic challenges in our nation’s K-12 education system and to highlight some of the innovative solutions edtech entrepreneurs were developing to address these challenges. In last year’s report, we showcased ways technology could help our school system become an escalator to opportunity for all.
A lot has changed in three years, including our spinout from NewSchools to Reach Capital. Edtech investment has hit an all time high with a variety of new funders entering the space. As the market begins to mature, global edtech brands are emerging with solutions that are improving educational outcomes and serving millions of students, teachers, and families.
Even with these changes, however, a lot remains the same. The escalator to social mobility remains broken with unequal access to quality education. Meeting individual student needs is still a challenge and grows more pressing as children in US public schools are more diverse than ever. Moreover, our education system is not designed to prepare children for the demands of today's knowledge economy. We're still stuck in a system that is largely manufacturing-based, which falls short on important skills such as coding, creativity, and synthesis. All these challenges and more have led to increasing demands on teachers as both their role and their responsibilities evolve, with little to no support in the transition.
This year’s publication, rebranded as “Reach Capital’s 2016 Edtech Outlook”, touches on these persisting challenges, while also highlighting key drivers that make us optimistic about the potential of technology to improve access and opportunity for kids. This year, our publication is not a roundup of everything in K-12 edtech, but rather our perspective on the challenges,opportunities and promising solutions in the space that we find most compelling. If you're looking for a full report on the state of K-12 edtech, our friends at Edsurge in partnership with AT&T Aspire have recently published a state of edtech report and we encourage you to check it out.
Given our unique vantage point, we also provide a peek “around the corner” into emerging solutions that align with our mission. We continue to see a need for more innovations in critical areas like English Language Learner instruction and Social Emotional Learning. We look forward to finding and supporting talented, mission-driven entrepreneurs innovating in these and other areas that will improve access and opportunity for kids.
Thank you to co-authors Chian Gong, Aditya Kaddu, and Jennifer Wu as well as the entire Reach team for their guidance and feedback.
This presentation discusses the state of art of Innovation in Education and goes beyond technical advances to include the changing students and educational paradigms. It encompasses a wide range of sources- please feel free to email me if you have any questions.
This paper was presented within 16th ICSQCC in Lucknow, ındia on 28th November 2013:
Total quality (TQ) is a passion and a way of life for those organizations that live its message. The problem is how to generate the passion and the pride required to create quality in education. The significance of leadership for undertaking the transformation to TQ should not be underestimated. A key aspect of the leadership role in education is to train and empower teachers to give them the maximum opportunity to improve the learning of their students. Technology and innovative ideas are the other important tools for them.
Not only in Turkey, but in many countries “training innovative minds through quality in education and technology use” has gained importance recently. Many educators and educational leaders are trying to find out the meaning of “quality” in education through the further technological innovations. This tendency seems to be changing the educational paradigm with respect to the Internet technologies. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) are getting very popular especially in American and European universities. Through some well-known IT companies teachers are trying new ways instead of the traditional ones. Experts think that the Internet and some other innovative ideas might be significant for the national systems of education as they may become the basis for the emerging global education system.
In this paper, the author is going to share her experiences she gained during her participation to the Sixth Conference of MIT’s Learning International Networks Consortium on June 16th-19th, 2013 at MIT, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
A presentation looking at today's education landscape and the role of technology. Also included is a view of how Google Apps for Education can be used within the instructional program
The whole aim of a learning process is to help the learner move from Zone of Proximal Development (ZPD) to Zone of Achieved Development (ZAD). Most of us are aware of these terms from Lev Vygotsky's theory of learning and development. From unknowing to known, the distance between the current developmental level and potential development can be covered through guidance as per Lev Vygotsky’s theory.
But how do we know that this distance has been traversed by the learner?
The answer is performance assessment.
Educational Technology 2 presentation a brief outlie of the lesson under the course EDTECH 2 this will serve as simple guide for students who are taking this course.
Blended Learning, What's It Take? June 2014Rob Darrow
Blended learning elements and tools for teachers and administrators who want to implement blended learning. Includes iNACOL's six elements of blended learning. Presented at the Hybrid Learning Consortium, June 2014.
Hybrid learning is a way of combining traditional classroom experiences, experiential learning objectives, and digital course delivery that emphasizes using the best option for each learning objective
Many universities are currently shifting from face-to-face education into the online distance education, others are becoming dual-mode universities and a few others are totally online and at distance. However, the transition has not been easy. With the adoption of new educational models leading to a virtual university, many issues related to technology and pedagogy have unfolded significantly. While adopting technology into their teaching to deliver instruction and manage online courses at distance, teaching faculty have become totally immersed in a discussion concerning how to apply principles of pedagogy to technology. Best pedagogical practices in Moodle are discussed in this presentation.
This is the set of slides used throughout the first coalition ICT workshop held in Cape Town on the 22nd February 2011. This session was facilitated by John Thole of Edunova
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
2024.06.01 Introducing a competency framework for languag learning materials ...Sandy Millin
http://sandymillin.wordpress.com/iateflwebinar2024
Published classroom materials form the basis of syllabuses, drive teacher professional development, and have a potentially huge influence on learners, teachers and education systems. All teachers also create their own materials, whether a few sentences on a blackboard, a highly-structured fully-realised online course, or anything in between. Despite this, the knowledge and skills needed to create effective language learning materials are rarely part of teacher training, and are mostly learnt by trial and error.
Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
Synthetic Fiber Construction in lab .pptxPavel ( NSTU)
Synthetic fiber production is a fascinating and complex field that blends chemistry, engineering, and environmental science. By understanding these aspects, students can gain a comprehensive view of synthetic fiber production, its impact on society and the environment, and the potential for future innovations. Synthetic fibers play a crucial role in modern society, impacting various aspects of daily life, industry, and the environment. ynthetic fibers are integral to modern life, offering a range of benefits from cost-effectiveness and versatility to innovative applications and performance characteristics. While they pose environmental challenges, ongoing research and development aim to create more sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives. Understanding the importance of synthetic fibers helps in appreciating their role in the economy, industry, and daily life, while also emphasizing the need for sustainable practices and innovation.
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
4. Flexible Learning: Current Landscape
Seamless Classroom
F2F
Virtual
Online
Cohort
Self Paced
Community OutreachHome Schooling
Blended
New Traditional
Flex Block
Team Teaching
http://bit.ly/1DysPa9
Time Pace Space
5. Flexible Learning
Flexible Learning is enabling learners to learn when they want
(frequency, timing, duration), how they want (modes of
learning), and what they want (that is, learners can define
what constitutes learning to them).
Van den Brande (1993)
When They
Want to
Learn
How They
Want to
Learn
What They
Want to
learn
8. Rethinking: How We Teach
What would these teams look
like?
Team Teaching
Cross – Curricular Teams
Specialized Teams
Content Specialist
Master and Mentorship Teams
Team Innovation
10. Role of TeacherModel Teacher creates a model of cognitive functioning in the subjects / course content
Diagnostic Teacher observes and examines the students' reaction, activities in e-learning and e-teaching context, he assesses the student on the basis of these reactions
Planner Teacher creates the plan of e-teaching, integrates tasks and outcomes, creates plan of teaching/learning content, educational means, e-learning strategies.
Manager Teacher organizes his own and learners' activities in e-teaching context, communication canals, selects e-teaching content and procedures
Initiator Teacher drives learning process, initiates different e-resources applications
Author, creator Teacher develops e-teaching/e-learning curriculum, creates e-teaching scenarios
Motivator Teacher motivates the students
Partner Teacher cooperates with learners, uses indirect e-teaching communications, creates clearly and individualized feedback
Instructor, educator Teacher makes direction to knowledge process by the e-learning programmes, makes directions to us the other links
Supervisor Teacher monitors students' progress and problem solving through the utiltzation of E-teaching material
Administrator Teacher selects, classifies, reports about learners' achievement, dynamic of progress, difficulties in e-learning materials
Evaluator Teachers creates procedures to monitoring learner achievement, evaluates and assesses learning process, analyzes the norms of e-teaching, evaluates the e-teaching
contents and procedures
Mediator Teacher mediates between the content and learners, uses ICT and e-technologies to mediate in process of learner learning, moderates among of the learners in teaching
process
Adviser Teacher supports students, supports the process of cognitives difficulties resolving, directs the learners to use specific knowledge and skills without e-teaching
Self-assessor Teacher monitors his or her own progress, estimates his or her own efficiency in conducting e-teaching, makes decisions concerning changes in e-teaching
Learner Explores the possibilities of improving work, learns course content, learns about e-education
Self-realisator Expresses his or her own personality, expresses his or her own ideas about e-learning content and e-learning design
http://concepcioprocesaprenentatgeg8.wikispaces.com/Com+a+e-teacher
19. Where is the research to support an
asynchronous anyplace anytime online
model?
Are we doing students a disservice by
offering an option that does not meet
the needs of the majority of students?
Is anyplace, anytime learning actually
possible, feasible or sustainable?
20. According to Forbes magazine,
The 10 Skills Employers Most want
in 2015 Graduates”
1. Ability to work in a team structure
2. Ability to make decisions and solve problems (tie)
3. Ability to communicate verbally with people inside and
outside an organization
4. Ability to plan, organize and prioritize work
5. Ability to obtain and process information
6. Ability to analyze quantitative data
7. Technical knowledge related to the job
8. Proficiency with computer software programs
9. Ability to create and/or edit written reports
10. Ability to sell and influence others
http://www.forbes.com/sites/susanadams/2014/11/12/the-10-skills-employers-most-want-in-2015-graduates/