Digital Promise

JUNE 24, 2021

Look for intentionally designed edtech tools that are likely to support meaningful learning. When edtech tools incorporate research about learning from the start, learners are the center of product design. These types of tools ground their solution in learning sciences to meet the realities that learners face.

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Digital Promise

APRIL 25, 2019

In traditional science classrooms, students are often presented with facts and definitions to memorize, or they are asked to follow a predetermined set of instructions to complete a lab activity. However, this model of instruction does not align with our emerging understanding of how students learn science best.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 8, 2021

Developer: Michigan State University Research. Developer: University of Michigan and Michigan State University Research. 6th grade science. Developer: Stanford University Research. Developer: University of Washington Research. But it’s an open question whether students can learn every subject this way.

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Digital Promise

JULY 10, 2017

The third installment in Digital Promise Global’s Making Learning Personal For All series, “ Supporting Research-Based Personalization for Reading Success, ” provides an overview of the learning science research behind learning to read. Get your copy of the report here.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2020

For the past six years, Digital Promise has convened a national network of Education Innovation Clusters (EdClusters)—leaders working to collaborate outside the traditional silos of sector and institution to design and implement transformative learning tools and programs in their communities. Reimagining learning.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

As educators embrace innovative technology-enhanced instructional models , they often grapple with letting go of the time-saving practices inherent in the traditional teacher-led, teacher-paced whole group approach to instruction. Is it accommodating the myriad learning needs, preferences, and paces of a diverse group of students?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 28, 2022

The institutions include Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative , Savannah Technical College/Technical College System of Georgia , Tennessee State University’s Center of Excellence for Learning Sciences , and the University of Maine System’s Statewide All Learning Counts Initiative. I think that part of it is great and new.

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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. A growing body of research has revealed the diversity of student strengths and challenges and a wide variety of pathways there are to effective learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2024

While some students also receive one-on-one remediation, Fisher said that research shows those interventions aren’t enough to close the gap. “We HSHMC’s approach of integrating literacy into content classes is something that researchers are calling for. were out of line with current research , known as “the science of reading.”

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2021

Recently, policymakers and researchers have advocated for CT to be promoted in school, to prepare and empower children to be active citizens in a technology-driven world. Little is known, however, about whether and how CT can strengthen early learning in consequential ways. brush teeth, read a story) in the larger routine (e.g.,

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ED Surge

JANUARY 9, 2024

In fact, three of our top 10 episodes of the year explored various aspects of how new forms of artificial intelligence are impacting teaching and learning. In what has become an annual tradition, we’re sharing your favorite episodes of the year, as determined by the number of listens to the 44 fresh episodes we produced.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2020

Here’s a look at some research and advice from experts that may help parents navigate the next few weeks (or longer) with their young children. This is a really wonderful time to remind parents of all the wonderful ways that young children can…play by themselves without a screen. In fact, it’s really important that they do.”.

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ED Surge

APRIL 25, 2022

Here, she explains how Course of Mind is helping her district strategically incorporate learning technology into their curriculum. EdSurge: What led you to enroll in the Launch into Learning Sciences course ? In education, it's so often about the strategy, but sometimes knowing the research behind the strategy is necessary.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 25, 2022

Most schools, for the health and safety of their communities, adjusted them in a variety of ways, often making them more “brain-friendly” and aligning them with promising research and strategies in the science of teaching and learning, or what we like to call, Mind, Brain and Education (MBE).

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 7, 2016

Concerns about the quality and price of traditional academic programs in higher education have generated interest in competency-based programs that allow students to learn at their own pace, with up to 600 institutions now interested in developing, building or offering these new programs. Credit: Getty Images.

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Digital Promise

JULY 9, 2019

Using the Edtech Pilot Framework as a guide, I will elaborate on three areas in which my doctoral research proved to be the most challenging, yet most impacted by knowledge of best practices and educator involvement. Start with a Needs Assessment to Prioritize Students when Purchasing Edtech.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 5, 2019

We want to pause that momentum and turn discussions towards the learning goals that will matter most in the community — and really get concrete about what that learning looks like in everyday interactions.”. What we now know in learning science is that learning is complex, often unpredictable, and a socially developed phenomenon.”.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 2, 2023

We’ve been doing research with New York City Public Schools for the past 6-7 years. Broadly speaking, she said, in indigenous traditions, it’s the latter. According to her research, “Five-year-olds tend to have ‘the earth is scorched and unsavable’ models when they come to school. Related: Climate change: Are we ready?

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

The first time, students take it individually in the lecture hall, the traditional way. First, I have to tell you about an unusual type of test called a two-stage exam. In a two-stage exam, students take the same exam twice in a row. Then, working in small groups of three to five students, they answer the same questions again.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Traditional language learning in the U.S. Research shows links between language learning and other enhancements — more flexible thinking, greater empathy, protection against age-related cognitive decline — although findings are hardly robust. In some academic fields research is going global. is in trouble.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 2, 2018

Katrina Stevens, Director of Learning Science at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, also shared a vision for how mature EdClusters can collaboratively design, evaluate, and scale promising tools and practices. Personalized learning implementation. Teacher professional learning, training, and practice. REPORTS FROM THE FIELD.

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The Hechinger Report

MARCH 12, 2018

Where the model pushes boundaries is in the addition of learning experiences called “expeditions.” They are two-week intensive courses that take children outside the classroom and beyond the traditional subjects. Expeditions aim to impart what Cayer learned by being around her father: a habit of pursuing expertise or passion, or both.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 21, 2016

But ironically, a fixed syllabus of readings and assignments for open-ended project-based learning courses may prevent us from capitalizing on “teachable moments.”. In the learning sciences, teachable moments go by many names: impasse-driven learning, preparation of future learning, desirable difficulties, or productive failure.

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Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

At the September 2016 Summit to Expand Research Use in Education , educators, technology developers, and researchers met to address an essential question: How can we work together to expand research use in the design, development, and improvement of education programs, products, and practices? Expanding Research Use in Schools.

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

teens say they use the service, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey , and TikTok recently surpassed Google as the most-visited site on the internet. She challenged students to put their TikTok skills to use explaining science concepts, and what research looks like, to the public with posts.

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ED Surge

APRIL 17, 2024

As a professor of reading and children’s development, specializing in children’s digital tools, I've researched what works and what doesn't when it comes to coaching children to read. Research indicates that such narrative disruptions confuse young readers and hinder readers' empathy for the characters.

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ED Surge

JANUARY 23, 2024

Leo Lo, a professor of libraries and learning sciences at the University of New Mexico who recently led a survey of librarians about the need to address the ethical and privacy concerns raised by AI. Those guests are: Susan Gonzales, who founded the nonprofit AIandYou to spread AI literacy.

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ED Surge

DECEMBER 6, 2024

These days, proponents of learning analytics are exploring how the advent of ChatGPT and other generative AI tools bring new possibilities and raise new ethical questions for the practice. One possible application is to use new AI tools to help educators and researchers make sense of all the student data theyve been collecting.

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