The iLearn Project

06/20/2019

Augmented and virtual reality in K-12 education? What would it look like?

Bringing distant places closer to students and boosting retention through enhanced visual cues, AR/VR adds value to teaching and learning.

05/19/2016

From a King County student's perspective: http://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/student-voices-traditional-school-didnt-work-for-me-so-i-enrolled-in-an-online-school/

Students need to know about all the options they have for completing high school, says Rahima Ali, a Running Start student who attends Insight School of Washington and Shoreline Community College.

04/15/2016

More on blended learning.
http://educationnext.org/blended-learning-can-enable-teachers-to-focus-on-cognitive-skills-2/

An interview with Megan Toyama, a blended-learning teacher of AP US history and 10th-grade modern world history at Summit Tahoma

02/03/2016

http://www.educationnews.org/online-schools/online-and-blended-learning-helps-struggling-students-survey-says/

The fourth annual joint survey from MDR and Fuel Education shows that school districts are responding to student needs with online and blended learning.

01/28/2016

Current WA State Online K-12 options: http://www.digitallearning.k12.wa.us/options/programguide.php

An online school program is a full- or part-time sequential program run by a Washington state school district, serving students in grades K-12. Students are taught by Washington certificated, highly qualified teachers, and the content is primarily delivered through the internet. View the full defini…

11/02/2015

Recommended policy framework for online charter schools. http://www.crpe.org/publications/policy-framework-online-charter-schools

06/18/2015

A new guide to K-12 and College digital learning opportunities.
http://www.accreditedschoolsonline.org/online-schools-guidebook/

Explore online schools for K-12 and college students. Hear from experts and learn about Khan Academy, MIT OpenCourseWare, and other ways students can get ahead online.

04/28/2015

New nationwide digital learning report card is published. http://digitallearningnow.com/report-card/

Digital Learning Now’s fourth annual Digital Learning Report Card measures state policies on digital learning based on their alignment to the 10 Elements of High-Quality Digital Learning. In addition to the interactive map below, you can read the full text of the 2014 Digital Learning Report Card. S…

11/19/2014

Creative, customized education is such an obvious solution to areas where "business as usual" is not working well. http://educationnext.org/get-blended-learning-right/

What happens when reformers try to use blended learning in a disruptive way in the hardest-to-serve parts of Detroit?

08/11/2014

Good advice about how state's can access the merits of blended learning:http://learningaccelerator.org/media/1df83261/TLA%20SFW-V1_080514_fin.pdf