Are you interested in OER in K-12? If you’re coming to ISTE, please join us at the Birds of a Feature session “Open Education and Open Educational Resources” on Tuesday, June 28 from 5:00pm–6:15pm. This will be an informal discussion
Amazing Stories of Openness
So Alan Levine, aka CogDog, is doing his “Amazing Stories of Openness” thing again, and this year I finally got it together to do a couple short videos (great way to pass an hour while waiting for a conference session
Content mastery as a part of “deeper learning”
It is an interesting time in education. There is near unanimity that the current focus of learning in K-12, with instruction largely being driven by assessments that do not reflect meaningful learning goals, is not productive. We are teaching to
Thinking about Deeper Learning
I’ve been thinking about deeper learning. (If you aren’t familiar with this terminology, deeper learning is a new term for a different approach to education, recently made the focus of the Hewlett Foundation’s education group.) To me, deeper learning is
How Do Cultures Change? (part 2)
Jumping from macro to micro, it is fascinating to look at the striking differences between individual school districts and even schools within the larger U.S. K-12 landscape. While the vast majority of schools look very similar, there are a few