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Nov 24

Should educators be able to get PD credit for participating in a PLN?

by Scott McLeod
Why is it that I can get 1 continuing ed credit for sitting in an hour-long presentation by an obviously biased cooperately employed presenter and not engage myself meaningfully in the topic at hand but for an hour of reading and meaningful career related reflection in my PLN I get nothing institutionally recognized?

via Carl Anderson

I think Carl meant "corporately-employed"... Great question (tough logistically, though)!

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Nov 7

How social networking will transform learning

by Scott McLeod
I'm betting on social learning platforms as a lever for improvement at scale in education. Instead of a classroom as the primary organizing principle, social networks will become the primary building block of learning communities (both formal and informal). Smart recommendation engines will queue personalized content. Tutoring, training, and collaboration tools will be applications that run on social networks. New schools will be formed around these capabilities. Teachers in existing schools will adopt free tools yielding viral, bureaucracy-cutting productivity improvement.
via huffingtonpost.com

From Tom Vander Ark. He needed to edit this one before posting!

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Sep 26

Getting students more learning time online

by Scott McLeod
Getting Students More Time Online: Distance Education in Support of Expanded Learning Time in K-12 Schools. A report from the Center for American Progress and the Broad Foundation. Here's an excerpt:

Virtual schools have worked for more than 1 million American K-12 students. Online courses already serve students on a broad scale in countries such as Singapore and South Korea. These are countries that use online courses as one of the strategies to offer longer school days and longer school years. Students in these countries outperform American students in Programme for International Student Assessment and Trends in Mathematics and Science tests. They are a required part of the curriculum in some areas of the United States because they are effective and because they are a standard approach to learning when students leave high school for higher education and career development. Online courses combine flexibility, personalization, interaction, independence, rich media, and proven materials. They connect teachers and learners across the full scope of cultures.

I've worked with the author, Dr. Cathy Cavanaugh, in the past. She's great!

[hat tip to Michael Horn]
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