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Jan 26, 2016

Seven lessons learned from implementing micro-credentials

New Report Offers Insight into a New Wave of Personalized Professional Development for Educators A new wave of personalized, competency-based professional development resources are providing a way for teachers to… 

Sep 29, 2015

Literacy Expert Pushes ‘Play’ on Educational Games

September 29, 2015  |  D’Lyn Ford Are computer games for learning or just for fun? That’s the question Hiller Spires, NC State professor of literacy and technology, tackles in a commentary… 

Jun 11, 2015

Making it Personal: Case study reveals how one school is succeeding with personalized learning

Troy Moore, principal of Hawk Ridge Elementary School in Charlotte, NC, does not have his own office. It is not that he cannot have one, he has simply chosen to… 

May 29, 2015

MOOCs for Educators Using WestEd Resources

By Glenn Kleiman Would you rather independently work through material at your own pace or have the opportunity to interact in an online, face-to-face, or blended professional learning community? Does… 

May 18, 2015

Education Leaders Weigh in on Challenges, Potential Solutions, and Next Steps of TEPL

Raleigh, NC. Last year, over 100 education leaders attended the Technology-Enabled Personalized Learning (TEPL) Summit hosted by the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at NC State University in collaboration with Digital… 

May 12, 2015

Bringing Competency-Based Education to North Carolina: An Innovative Answer to Some of Education’s Biggest Challenges

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 7, 2015 Raleigh, N.C. – Competency-based education could transform the lives of North Carolina’s students, but would require a systemic and sustained change in the state’s… 

Sep 27, 2014

Got Action Plan?

Instructional Technology Coaches Shape Their Future During a MOOC-Ed By Lisa Hervey, Ph.D., NBCT In March of 2014, the Friday Institute’s Digital Learning Collaborative launched its inaugural Massive Open Online Course… 

Aug 27, 2014

Twitterize Adult Learning | A MOOC-Ed Experience

In the spring of 2014, a team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation launched the first rendition of a Massive Open Online Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed), titled Coaching Digital Learning… 

Jun 27, 2014

Oh, Lit is Lit, and Math is Math: The Content-Specific Tool Fallacy

By Alex Kaulfuss, Ph.D., NBCT When I introduce myself to colleagues as an educator who is certified in both English / Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics, I am often met…