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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.
Technology Tools

Telling the Story of Innovation & Return on Investment

For higher education leaders to create future-ready campuses will require an ability to combine innovation and return on investment (ROI) to create sustainable innovation.
New Designs for School

What I Learned about Personalized Learning from 3 Chicago Schools

Educator Lucy Colville shares key insights from her recent visit to three NGLC Breakthrough Schools in Chicago.
Why Schools Need to Change

Where Mission, Market, and Margin Meet is the Sweet Spot for Innovative Business Models

When you turn your attention to outcomes and student success, don't forget how your business models may need to evolve.
Professional Learning

Telling Your Story at CityBridge’s Summer Design Institute

How do you describe your new innovations? School designers share the coaching they got and practice their elevator pitch.
New Designs for School

5 Lessons from Implementing Personal Learning

The transformation to Personal Learning at Vista Unified has been guided by the work of pedagogy experts, Allison Zmuda and Bena Kallick.