Tag: informal learning

March 31, 2017

Accrediting commissions are responsible for monitoring college programs, including: opportunities, coursework, and stability. Accreditation is an extremely important institutional recognition that indicates that a particular school/program has exceeded expectations set forth by national agencies. There are dozens of accrediting organizations […]

March 29, 2017

In celebration of their daughter’s birth, Mark Zuckerberg recently announced he would be donating a significant portion of an approximated $45 billion to developing personalized learning. But the Zuckerbergs are not the only people putting money or effort towards developing […]

March 24, 2017

When the first day of school rolls around in August, Webster math teacher Lori Wagner won’t be heading back to the classroom. Instead, she’ll be heading to her basement. Wagner is one of nine new teachers hired by the Center […]

March 17, 2017

Though the new report points out disparities in teacher-to-student ratios — with traditional schools reported as having around 16 students per teacher, blended schools with 32.4 per teacher and virtual schools with 35 per teacher — that alone certainly isn’t […]

March 15, 2017

It’s changing the way faculty teach, building new features into technology products for institutions, and is slowly coming out of the test pilot bubble. These are just some of the ways adaptive learning has evolved for 2016. The evolution of […]

March 13, 2017

Competency-based learning is an approach to education that focuses on the student’s demonstration of desired learning outcomes as central to the learning process. It is concerned chiefly with a student’s progression through curriculum at their own pace, depth, etc. As […]

March 10, 2017

Inquiry-based learning is more than asking a student what he or she wants to know. It’s about triggering curiosity. And activating a student’s curiosity is, I would argue, a far more important and complex goal than the objective of mere information […]

February 24, 2017

With the rise of options for anywhere, anytime digital learning, statewide schools play an important role in providing equitable access to a variety of quality learning pathways. It no longer makes sense to limit a family’s learning options to services […]

February 20, 2017

Today’s students are a uniquely interactive group. Most of the 80 million Americans who are part of the millennial generation—a group that comprises the lion’s share of today’s student population—can’t remember a time when they didn’t have instant access to […]

January 3, 2017

Online education has always been the unhappy stepchild to traditional classroom teaching. It’s generally been seen as a make-do solution to serve students who—whether for reasons of geography or scheduling—were unable to attend class in person. And, more recently, its […]

December 15, 2016

Education platform Teachable, which enables anyone to create and access well-designed online courses, has raised $2.5 in additional funding from Accomplice Ventures, Naval Ravikant, and Lern Capital. To date, the company, which marked its two-year anniversary this May, has raised $4.5 million and […]

December 6, 2016

The Department of Education proposed new rules today for schools providing distance education, such as online courses, in order to get the state authorization needed to qualify for federal financial aid dollars. The proposal will help ensure students get a […]

October 4, 2016

Online learning and digital materials have certainly evolved over the years, with free digital materials growing in popularity due to their easy accessibility and ability to be edited to suit individual teaching and learning needs. Here, we’re taking a look […]

September 15, 2016

Project-based learning (PBL) demands excellent assessment practices to ensure that all learners are supported in the learning process. With good assessment practices, PBL can create a culture of excellence for all students and ensure deeper learning for all. We’ve compiled […]

August 19, 2016

The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school based here, graduated 2,371 students last spring. At the commencement ceremony, a student speaker triumphantly told her classmates that the group was “the single-largest graduating high school class in the nation.” […]

July 13, 2016

Many colleges and universities have articulation agreements with other nations to exchange students and faculty, but travel, insurance and security concerns can present major issues and negative publicity if things go wrong. Digital content delivery, seemingly, could be a more […]

July 7, 2016

Colleges and universities that can create ways to partner with alternative learning opportunities have the chance to bolster recruitment, reduce costs and increase marketability for undergraduates and continuing students. If students are choosing to take gap year breaks and opt […]

June 22, 2016

With nearly 1 in 5 Americans classified as having a disability, according to the 2010 census, and 13 percent of all public school students receiving special education services, accessibility is more important to educational institutions than ever before. While procedures […]

June 21, 2016

Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan unveiled an educational app in Mumbai earlier this week through the use of augmented reality that provides students with interactive study material. Powered by MT Educare, Robomate promotes self-learning and academic upgrading through several techniques, including […]

June 17, 2016

The Learning House, a leading technology provider enabling universities to thrive in an increasingly digitized education landscape, has released findings that show its online graduate figures surpass a majority of school’s graduation rates. The technology provider announced that nearly 900 […]