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Guide: Blended Learning Implementation Guide 3.0
The Learning Accelerator and Getting Smart joined with DLN to update this popular guide. Version 3.0 reflects feedback from schools and districts, developments in the field, and new educational technology trends.
Guide: Policy Barriers to School Improvement: What's Real and What's Imagined
The Center on Reinventing Public Education investigated policies that "get in the way" of principal actions to pursue personalized learning. In it, the authors find that many barriers are imaginary- leaders can find workarounds to drive change.
Example: Summit Public Schools PLP Pro
Summit Public Schools, a leading personalized learning school system, has created a unique educator learning platform called PLP Pro. On this site, you can access two frameworks for teacher learning, including essential Educator Skills and Habits of...
Example: Thrive Public Schools' Approach to Blended Learning
Thrive Public Schools defined blended learning and designed a rubric to guide educators on not only what blended learning looks like in practice but also how to assess their mastery of key components needed for successful implementation.
Tool: Self Assessment and Reflection Rubric
Educators and teams can use this rubric to assess, and then discuss, general readiness against all areas of the Blended Learning Educator Competency Framework.
Tool: Highlander Institute: Sample "Intro to Blended Learning" Playlist
As part of its statewide Fuse RI program, the Highlander Institute participating districts created sample communication tools for schools and district personnel to use to explain their vision for blended learning.
Advice: What is OER?
Open Educational Resources (OER) are teaching, learning, and research resources that reside in the public domain.
Advice: Upgrading Statewide School Internet Connectivity
EducationSuperHighway partners with governors and state agencies to accelerate school upgrades, helping to ensure that state leaders take advantage of billions in FCC funding to get fiber to every school, Wi-Fi in every classroom, and broadband...
Advice: Recommended OER Resources
If you are a district administrator or educator interested in Open Educational Resources for your classrooms, we recommend you check out these resources.
Financing to Scale Blended Learning Worksheet
An Excel worksheet for districts to use to calculate a multi-year estimate of the cost to scale blended learning.
Guide: Transformative Budgeting for Digital Learning
This guide intended to assist districts in rethinking traditional budgetary approaches in order to find possible ways to fund technology initiatives by repurposing existing funding sources. The paper offers step-by-step advice through investigation,...