Archive for the ‘K-12’ Category

New Book: The Elements of Instruction: A Framework for the Age of Emerging Technologies, By Micheal H. Molenda and Deepak Prem Subramony

Are twentieth-century methods of teaching applicable in the twenty-first century? At heart, that is a key question that this book attempts to answer. Our thinking about this issue is hindered by definitional murkiness and hyperbole surrounding the concepts of media, multimedia, distance education, MOOCs, educational technology, emerging technologies, and social media. Each construct is analyzed […]

Download Report: Accountability in Massachusetts’ Remote Learning Regulations

Accountability in Massachusetts’ Remote Learning Regulations The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has solicited public comment on pandemic-related revisions to its important “Learning Time” regulation, 603 CMR 27.00. 1 This policy brief constitutes the comments of Pioneer Institute. The revisions establish baseline procedural and substantive requirements for in-person, hybrid, and remote learning. […]

Missouri Schools Create Internet Service for Students

Administrators say the network is vital as remote learning continues to be a necessity during the pandemic, when students may be at a disadvantage if families are unable to afford or obtain reliable Internet service. Center for Digital Education   

Remote Learning Will Continue Growing over the Next Three Years

Over the next three years, a majority of K-12 educators expect online learning and digital curriculum to get ever more-important, while two STEM standbys will go by the wayside. Sixty-three percent of respondents to a summer survey by interactive display company Promethean reported that they expect remote learning to experience the biggest growth, followed by […]

Massachusetts Students Weigh In on Remote Learning

Worcester, Mass., Public Schools students weighed in on the remote learning experience so far as some students prepare to return to the classroom — though most won’t be back in-person until January or February. Center for Digital Education

The effects of virtual exchanges on oral skills and motivation

The present study aims to assess the benefits of participating in a virtual language exchange (VE) for practicing oral skills with native speakers by measuring learners’ motivation to learn the language, communicate, and collaborate. The oral language development of advanced learners of English at a Spanish university was compared with a control group from the […]

Technology-mediated task-based language teaching: A qualitative research synthesis

In the past 10 to 15 years, researchers have begun to explore the possibility of synthesizing research on task-based language teaching (TBLT) and computer-assisted language learning (CALL) in the interests of advancing the development of both fields as well as informing practice. In particular, there has been an increasing number of naturalistic, classroom-based studies, which […]

Critical literacies for a datafied society: academic development and curriculum design in higher education

Participation in democracy, in today’s digital and datafied society, requires the development of a series of transversal skills, which should be fostered in higher education (HE) through critically oriented pedagogies that interweave technical data skills and practices together with information and media literacies. If students are to navigate the turbulent waters of data and algorithms, […]

Download Report: Policies to Support Teachers’ Continuing and Professional Learning: A Conceptual Framework and Mapping of OECD [Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development] Data

While teachers’ initial education is key to ensuring that new teachers are prepared for their work, it is only one piece in the continuum of teachers’ professional growth. Continuing professional learning is vital for teachers to broaden and deepen their knowledge, keep up with new research, tools and practices and respond to their students’ changing […]

Stanford materials scientists borrow solar panel tech to create new ultrahigh-res OLED display

Repurposed solar panel research could be the foundation for a new ultrahigh-resolution microdisplay. The OLED display would feature brighter images with purer colors and more than 10,000 pixels per inch. Stanford University