Whatever you think of MOOCs or online learning programs (they are different things!), one great benefit of all the focus on both of these trends is a renewed focus on teaching. Suddenly, everyone is talking about learning. They are talking about learning at CES, in the press, and at provost and presidential meetings. As an edtech guy, someone who hangs out with learning designers and spends his days (and nights) as part of an online/blended learning program team, I am overjoyed with all the focus on teaching and learning.

Lesson planning is a huge component of any educator's classroom.  We have to breakdown the instruction into several considerations to ...

For the past three years, I offered predictions (see December 26, 2009, December 30, 2010, and December 29, 2011 posts) of what I saw around the corner for high-tech in K-12 schools. With weekly re…

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Teachers are often not given the training they need to use technology to collect, analyze, and utilize information to improve student learning, a report says.

During Fall, 2012, I developed and taught a graduate course entitled, Social Networked Learning, for the Boise State University’s Educational Technology Program.  Most of the students were in…

The guide offers a framework for helping K-12 school officials use evidence to judge the effectiveness of education technologies.

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The long-promised technology revolution in education is now possible—but hardly inevitable. Educators and policymakers must act today to unleash the p

This past November I started a new chapter in my career and became the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the district I was a teacher ...