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RioAchieve: Using Technology to Increase Retention & Completion at Scale

As student-to-advisor ratios grow, how can high touch advising and mentoring be sustainable?​
Technology Tools

Salesforce.com’s CRM system becomes a 21st century LMS

If you’ve taken or have taught postsecondary courses in the past 15 years, you’ve likely encountered the LMS – at College for America, it’s taken on a new form.
Reimagining Assessment

Should Teachers Share Formative Assessment Results in the Classroom?

Automatically graded assessments can give the student immediate feedback. And can be shared with the entire class. But should teachers share, or not?
Building Community

Highlights from the High Country: The Colorado Convening

​Seven key insights about the work of transforming learning from regional network leaders.​
Technology Tools

A Shout Out for Learning Technology’s Role in Middle School Student Achievement

Three practices to use Common Core-aligned learning technologies successfully.
Technology Tools

Supporting Teachers in Using Online Inquiry-Based Games

MIT researchers found that teaching with games—and especially teaching with inquiry-based games—can put many teachers outside of their comfort zone.
New Designs for School

Symbols of Our Learning: Personalized Learning in 4 Schools

The holiday season reminds us of the power of symbols. Artifacts from a recent trip to NYC are symbols of personalized learning schools in action.
Technology Tools

Is Technology a Natural Enabler of Student Success?

Technology is already integral to students’ higher education experience, but is it a natural enabler of student success? In this post, learn how an innovation enabled by technology can fit with best practices for promoting student success.
Enabling Change

Top-down Resources vs. Grassroots Culture: Building Support for K-12 Next Gen Learning

Who is driving the interest in city-based school incubators and entrepreneurial strategies? What are the incentives? The Regional Funds for Breakthrough Schools initiative seeks to answer these questions by strengthening local connections, and leveraging both local and national resources.
Professional Learning

Tracking Key Issues in Teaching & Learning: What Matters Most in 2017

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative has released survey results from its annual search for the most pressing issues in teaching and learning; this year’s results just might surprise you.