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Vision 3: Free access to technology and content

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by Mickey Muldoon August 15, 2011

Uruguay is the first country in the world to commit to providing a free, internet-enabled computer to every one of its students, through the Massachusetts-based One Laptop Per Child initiative. More »

Recapping a Dozen Don’t Miss Op-Eds

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by Tom Vander Ark August 13, 2011

A baker’s dozen of August Op-Eds on leadership, assessment, online learning, and learning platforms More »

VSHOOLZ Partners With Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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by edReformer Staff August 11, 2011

Virtual school provider VSCHOOLZ announced today that it is partnering with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), an educational products and services provider, to provide traditional course content online to schools or districts looking for blended learning programs. More »

NACSA Releases Viewpoint On Authorizing Online Learning

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by Sarah Cargill August 10, 2011

The National Association of Charter School Authorizers (NACSA) released today “Authorizing Online Learning,” a Viewpoint article by iNACOL President and CEO Susan Patrick and Chair Tom Vander Ark that targets key questions around authorization, enrollment and funding of online learning. More »

Managing the Mobile Learner

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by Bryan Setser August 9, 2011

This week’s blog looks at managing mobile learners who will be equipped with smart devices and expectations of support that are going to go well beyond anything Goodlad could have imagined. More »

Students deserve access to quality digital content & online courses

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by Tom Vander Ark August 8, 2011

Digital Learning Now released a video on Element 2, student access. It recommends that all students have access to quality content and courses. More »

All students are digital learners

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by Tom Vander Ark August 3, 2011

“All students are digital learners.” Digital Learning Now recommends a statewide multi-provider environment with no barriers to enrollment and it suggests that states should be proactive about sharing content and resources with schools and students. More »

Starting a Virtual School

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by Tom Vander Ark August 2, 2011

Six strategies you can mix and match to start your online learning program. More »

Edtech Roundup: Online Learning, Deeper Learning Assessments and Digital Learning Growth

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by Sarah Cargill August 1, 2011

This week in edtech, TheNextWeb announced its hub in the Silicon Valley, Texas approves new all-digital and online learning programs, NBC donated its “NBC Learn K-12″ resource to Delaware, AEE called for deeper learning assessments in its policy brief and Pearson poised for more acquisitions. More »

Roundup: Extending and Measuring Learning

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by Tom Vander Ark July 30, 2011

While concerned about the consequences of assessments that lock in the past, the advocates and innovators featured on edReformer this week are cause for optimism. More »

Christensen and Eyring Assess the Future DNA of Education in The Innovative University

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by Sarah Cargill July 27, 2011

Clayton Christensen and Henry J. Eyring’s forthcoming book “The Innovative University” tackles the question of how to increase quality, performance and demand for higher education while continuing to cut costs to reduce tuition inflation by changing the DNA of colleges and universities. More »

Promoting Quality Online Learning

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by Tom Vander Ark July 26, 2011

Fordham is launching a series of working papers on digital learning. Rick Hess makes an important contribution with the first paper focused on quality More »

Tennessee Virtual Academy Draws Interest & Concern

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by edReformer Staff July 26, 2011

Tennessee Virtual Academy is a new full time statewide option. It’s drawing praise, interest, and some concern. More »

It’s Not a Matter of Time

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by Chris Sturgis July 19, 2011

Chris Sturgis highlights two papers from iNACOL and questions how disruptive innovation theories apply to goods and services where there is a market failure, i.e. education. More »

Parents Promote Disruptive Innovation

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by Tom Vander Ark July 18, 2011

Michael Horn spoke to the National Coalition Public School Options–an extraordinary network of parents that advocate for educational options for families particularly online learning. More »

Solutions to Charter Bottlenecks

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by Tom Vander Ark July 17, 2011

The number of charter schools continues to expand nationally by about 500 school per year, but growth rates have been dampened by school district push back and the fiscal crisis. More »

One-to-One Project Launches in Illinois

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by edReformer Staff July 12, 2011

“Whether these students are at school, at play, at home or elsewhere, they will have access to anytime, anywhere learning. This immediate access is what they are used to in their daily lives with their iPhones and other mobile devices; we need to meet them in their digital world.” More »

10 reasons teachers love blended learning

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by Tom Vander Ark July 11, 2011

Here’s 10 ways that incorporating online learning into the school day can benefit teachers as well as students More »

Tutor.com Added North Dakota as a Statewide Program

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by edReformer Staff July 6, 2011

Tutor.com has added North Dakota as a statewide program – meaning that every library cardholder in the entire state has access free to Tutor.com’s professional tutors, live and in real-time online through their PC or mobile through iPad, iPod Touch and the iPhone. More »

Project Tomorrow: Demand for Online Learning Grows

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by edReformer Staff June 28, 2011

In just three years, the number of high school students who have access to online learning has tripled, while twice as many middle school students are now learning online according to a survey report from Project Tomorrow® and Blackboard Inc. More »

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