This week we close out our video series with Elements #9 and #10.
Element #8 – Assessment and Accountability
Student learning is the metric for evaluating the quality of content and instruction. Our video series continue this week with a focus on assessment and accountability. With the shift of content from print to digital, tests and assessments should become available digitally as well. Students can get real time assessment data, rather than waiting weeks…
19 Sep 2011
Element #7 – Quality Choices
All students have access to multiple high quality digital providers. In the digital age, innovative learning programs are rapidly evolving and providers can be located anywhere. Regulations should reflect this new paradigm. To maximize the potential of digital learning, states must provide a rich offering of providers that can cater to the diverse and distinctly…
12 Sep 2011
Element #6 – Quality Instruction
Digital instruction is high quality. Great teachers should be able to teach students anywhere, anytime without restrictions. Teachers should be offered certification reciprocity, allowed to multi-location instruct and be offered professional development that enhances their ability to instruct with technology. Read more about Element #6 – Instruction here.
6 Sep 2011
Element #5 – Quality Content
Beginning this week our video focus will switch to areas related to providers. We’ll cover content, instruction, assessment and providers as they relate to digital learning. This week we are focusing on content, and more specifically high quality content. It is not just important that students are learning online and have access to digital content,…
29 Aug 2011
Element #4 – Advancement
All students progress based on demonstrated competency. [youtube id=2GX3tvF-6Gc] Grade level promotion has historically been dictated by birthdays, attendance and minimum achievement. Instructional pacing, aimed at the middle of the class, may be too fast or too slow for some students who become frustrated, disengaged and unmotivated. Digital learning offers the potential for students to…
22 Aug 2011
Bob Wise & Tom Vander Ark Feature DLN on CSPAN
At a Gallup/Lumina event today, DLN Co-Chair Gov. Bob Wise and DLN Luminary Tom Vander Ark discussed education poll results regarding digital learning. They were able to focus on Digital Learning Now! 10 Elements and take great questions from the audience. See the full video here:
18 Aug 2011
Lunch with Sal Khan of Khan Academy
2011 National Summit on Education Reform: Education Everywhere San Francisco, California – The Foundation for Excellence in Education today announced Sal Khan, founder and Executive Director of the Khan Academy, will serve as speaker for the opening day’s keynote lunch at the Excellence in Action National Summit on Education Reform 2011 on October 13 in…
17 Aug 2011