Digital Promise

MARCH 29, 2022

strengthening regionally specific industry-educator partnerships. The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials. Read the complete KVEC case study here. million from the U.S.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 20, 2020

course leads, department chairs, and other higher education leaders) to respond by creating more equitable digital learning opportunities. As a team of white researchers/educators, we started the design process by acknowledging our layers of privilege, including the years of education and experience our privilege has facilitated.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2019

While parts of the education system have incorporated tailored methods to keep students engaged, mathematics is often still taught in traditional, non-differentiated ways. Incorporate Productive Struggle and a Sense of Belonging to Improve Math Learning.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 27, 2017

Since the fall 2016 meeting of the League of Innovative Schools , superintendents from around the country have connected with leading researchers in the field of maker learning. The team builds on a growing body of literature that points to potential dangers of adopting maker learning programs with an uncritical perspective.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

She presented research findings on how students learn, and then assisted educators as they developed ways to implement these findings in their classrooms. They are seeing positive results and encourage other schools, no matter the structure or curricular focus, to experiment with using the learning sciences.

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ED Surge

JULY 4, 2023

Then he switched careers to become a kindergarten teacher and later a high school teacher before going back to get a doctorate in education from Stanford University. We have this broad discussion around equity and inclusion, but we miss the cultural nuance of representation across the spectrum, particularly for young children.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

We’re excited to bring you more episodes this year, including more installments in our new series about growing public skepticism about higher education and the impact that is having on the choices students make after high school. So what can educators, policymakers and any lifelong learner gain from these new insights?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

On July 16-18, Digital Promise held the fifth annual Education Innovation Clusters Convening (#EdClusters18) in Philadelphia, with our co-host the ExCITe Center at Drexel University. EdClusters18 focused on clarifying the future vision, tools, and action steps for education innovation. Remake Learning Network (Pittsburgh).

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

And that sparked her interest in digging into learning science research that she’s gathered into a recent book, “ The Extended Mind: The Power of Thinking Outside the Brain.” EdSurge recently sat down with Paul to dig into her arguments about rethinking how we think, and what educators can learn from the research.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 17, 2019

In the last 20 years, there has been an increased focus on equitable evaluation , or evaluation that takes into account culture and context. These methods include: culturally responsive evaluation , participatory evaluation , collaborative evaluation , and empowerment evaluation.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 3, 2023

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every other Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Her group has also produced an AI in Education Toolkit for Racial Equity to help companies during their design process.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2021

This year, we celebrated our 10-year anniversary —a milestone that speaks to a decade of improving educational outcomes through powerful and innovative learning experiences ?? grounded in learning sciences research. How 2021 has changed the way we view our role in education.

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ED Surge

JULY 8, 2022

So I explored the notion of caring pedagogy and discovered, to my surprise, that it goes all the way back to the 1930s and ‘40s, to the pioneering work of Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky, noted in learning-science circles among the founders of social constructivist theory. But perhaps the greatest barrier is departmental culture.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 18, 2019

The Research Map is a hub for learning sciences research which connects education leaders, policymakers, and technology developers with research findings that can inform their work. With 11 broad topic areas, and 124 more specific subtopics, the updated visualization offers relevant research for anybody working in education.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 10, 2023

Through my work as director of MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab , I’ve asked the question to teachers, school leaders, coaches, researchers and experts of all stripes (think: learning science, instruction, teacher education, culturally responsive teaching and so on), and it typically elicits more pauses and wonderings than answers.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 11, 2017

While many districts, schools, and educators understand the need to shift to a culture of personalized learning, many others still struggle to transition fully from the one-size-fits-all approach and truly change instruction.

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Digital Promise

JANUARY 14, 2019

In this series we explore Powerful Learning, a set of principles to guide educators designing learning experiences that engage the hearts and minds of learners, and incorporate technology in ways that contribute to closing the digital learning gap. Every student has a unique and “jagged” learning profile.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. We’re excited for the opportunity to spread the word of what’s happening – and what’s possible – in education.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Keep reading to find out more about the design and research activities that informed the making of the app and other CT learning activities for preschoolers. Our team brought together public preschool teachers; families from culturally diverse, low-income communities; curriculum and media designers; and researchers.

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Digital Promise

MAY 19, 2021

Thank you for your work on the front lines to ensure our children and youth’s health and education were sustained throughout this difficult year. As Digital Promise team members who have researched and supported teachers’ use of educational technology, we want to recognize and celebrate your successes.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Malkin: Carnegie Learning originated at Carnegie Mellon University, one of the most respected research universities in the country, known for its work in education and cognitive science. So research, data and learning science have always been at the core of what we do. Carnegie Learning Only K-12 Finalist for Dept.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Sign up for our Higher Education newsletter. Future of Learning. Higher Education. Mississippi Learning. Sophomore Abigail Reing’s food science major doesn’t leave enough space in her schedule for regular language study, so she took a course with a Spanish section. Choose as many as you like. Weekly Update.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 29, 2016

It’s a global initiative, with China launching a new educational Center , and Korean mathematics educators evaluating the practices for teaching mathematics in Korea. In science education, cultural origins and ethnic diversity are not marked as topics of discussion. The post An Ode To STEM?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

How CT can be linked with other STEM subjects promoted in early learning, such as math and science. We learned that CT is often already present in children’s everyday lives. What does computational thinking look like in preschool?

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

This article originally appeared on Usable Knowledge from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Schools and teachers often use summer as a time to rethink classrooms and learning spaces. What we now know in learning science is that learning is complex, often unpredictable, and a socially developed phenomenon.”.

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MARCH 12, 2018

Such pursuits are increasingly unusual in today’s standardized testing culture, especially in schools that serve low-income populations (roughly three-quarters of Elm City children qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a standard measure of poverty). “The It’s a hard thing to measure, but learning science suggests that this is the case.”.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

She and a colleague published a journal article about their experience last year, called “ TikTok: An Emergent Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Science Communication Online. ” “It is the ethical responsibility of researchers to disseminate findings with the public in a timely way,” the paper concludes. “As

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ED Surge

OCTOBER 26, 2022

"BREAK MY SOUL", in particular, reflects my work as a public high school history teacher as I have had my own renaissance navigating the toxic landscape that further marginalizes educators struggling to hold on to their humanity while teaching. Educators are no different.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

For years educators have been trying to glean lessons about learners and the learning process from the data traces that students leave with every click in a digital textbook , learning management system or other online learning tool. Its an approach known as learning analytics.

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