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The Benefits of Learning Assessment in Faculty Development

Often we aren't tapping the power of learning assessment to maximize the impact of faculty development. Here are ten possible approaches to change that.
New Designs for School

Beware the Iconography Trap of Personalized Learning: Rigor Matters

Betheny Gross of CRPE names two common sense strategies to help districts support both rigor and personalization.
Reimagining Assessment

Are We Collaborating Too Much?

Some things the Center for Collaborative Education learned about collaboration from the Assessment for Learning Project's community of practice.​​
Technology Tools

Beyond Clickers: Increasing Student Learning through In-class Polling using Web-enabled Devices

IPAL, In-class Polling for All Learners, encourages in-class polling by making this interactive pedagogy easier and less costly (think “free”).
New Designs for School

Beyond Student-Teacher Ratios: How Breakthrough Schools Invest in Human Capital

How do personalized learning schools plan to use human capital resources?
Technology Tools

Beyond Transactions: Office of the Registrar and Student Success

The Registrar at Colorado State Univ. is not simply an office of compliance and transactions but is a key component of student success.
New Designs for School

Biodiversity, HelioCampus, and Business Analytics for Higher Education

I am a card-carrying appreciator of higher education innovators like UMUC, I am excited to see this diversity in the higher ed ecosystem.​​
New Designs for School

Blended Learning on the Ground: Advice from College Educators

Most college faculty recognize that lecturing alone is not an effective way to reach students. But how do you get started with blended learning?
New Designs for School

Blended Learning? Yes! Now What??

Suggestions for schools looking to blended learning as a potential solution​ to personalize learning have a sense of urgency but may be stuck on what to do next.
Technology Tools

Blue Sky Thinking from Academic Entrepreneurs

Breakthrough Models Academy teams represent some of the best blue-sky thinking in higher education right now. It’s not the stuff of dreams, either—many could really take off with the right support.