Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

Download White Paper: Breaking Through the Distance: How Relationships Foster Online Learning

In the spring of 2020, in response to COVID-19, Breakthrough Collaborative mounted an unprecedented, network-wide effort to develop a virtual ecosystem. The aim was to deliver a replica of its in-person summer program of academic and social-emotional support to thousands of students at its 24 affiliates across the country. The staff faced two significant challenges: […]

Content-specific differences in Padlet perception for collaborative learning amongst undergraduate students

Collaborative learning offers benefits but there is insufficient information on how students perceive specific digital tools supporting collaborative learning and whether there are content-related differences in students’ perceptions. Here, we utilised Padlet to mediate collaborative learning amongst undergraduate students from two distinct disciplines, Dentistry and Bioscience to examine students’ perceptions of Padlet-mediated learning and identify […]

Introducing augmented reality in early childhood literacy learning

Augmented reality (AR) as an emerging technology has gradually been incorporated into educational contexts; however, the cases that incorporate AR into early childhood contexts are underrepresented and especially scant in the literacy domain. Aiming to measure the impact of AR on early childhood learning and motivation in the literacy domain, this study brought an application […]

Free for All: An Open Source Online Based Teaching Template

The increasing cost of textbooks has created a demand for no cost/low cost learning resources for students.  The University System of Georgia, through their Affordable Learning Grants has supported the development of no cost/low cost course transformation activities.  Faculty at Clayton State University (CSU) have been engaged in the development of a number of Open […]

Highlighting and taking notes are equally ineffective when Reading paper or eText

The present study examined whether there is a difference in comprehension when reading from computer-based text versus reading from paper-based text and whether there is any benefit from the ability to take notes and highlight text while reading. In two experiments, students’ reading times and comprehension scores were compared between electronic text and paper text […]

Online learning: How do brick and mortar schools stack up to virtual schools?

The Covid-19 pandemic forced many American schools to hastily transition to online learning. I assess how the online learning experience of students enrolled in brick and mortar schools that transitioned to online learning in Spring 2020 compared to the experience of students who were already enrolled in virtual schools when the pandemic began. Absent formal […]

Download Report: Ambitious Mashups: Reflections on a Decade of Cyberlearning Research

Ambitious Mashups: Reflections on a Decade of Cyberlearning Research This report reflects on progress from over eight years of research projects in the cyberlearning community. The community involved computer scientists and learning scientists who received NSF awards to investigate the design of more equitable learning experiences with emerging technology—focusing on developing the learning theories and […]

Download Report: Breaking the mold: How a global pandemic unlocks innovation in K–12 instruction

At the Christensen Institute, we’ve spent the last decade studying trends in online and blended learning out of interest in their potential to enable student-centered learning. Yet in ways we never anticipated, COVID-19 brought these modalities to the forefront. As this new reality unfolds, we continue to document both the challenges and the innovations happening […]

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Remote Learning Is Here to Stay Results from the First American School District Panel Survey School districts in the United States have approached reopening public schools during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in notably different ways. The authors of this report developed a national picture of school districts’ needs and approaches to school reopenings […]

Download Report: A Stronger Nation— Tracking America’s progress toward 2025

A Stronger Nation tracks the nation’s progress toward the 60% attainment goal. It offers detailed data arrays that describe education attainment at the national, state, and county levels. The report also provides attainment data for each of the nation’s 100 most populous metropolitan regions. All of this data is available in an interactive format to assist you […]