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The Importance of Working ‘Open’ in Education
Is working “open” the binary opposite of “closed” ways of working? Could it be that it’s as simple as flicking some kind of switch for your organisation or institution to begin embracing...
Category: Educational PracticeMoving Past Civic Engagement To Civic Innovation
Every year, without fail, I leave the Digital Media and Learning Conference with a renewed sense of purpose and commitment to my work. While I attribute some of this energy boost to...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: Closing the Homework Gap
Franny Millen was in the 7th grade four years ago when she realized that many of her classmates couldn't do their homework because they didn't have a computer or internet access at home....
Categories: Digital Learning, EquitySchooling the Platform Society
Social media platforms have become key parts of everyday life. The use of Facebook, WhatsApp, Spotify and so on has become so widespread that some commentators have begun to speak of an...
Categories: Edtech, New TrendsHow to Socially Engineer Voluntary Integration
In my first blog post for DML, I proposed that parents in school choice markets interpret and act on school performance data in ways that reinforce racial and socioeconomic segregation. New York...
Category: EquityWatchworthy Wednesday: 15 DML Speakers Ignite, Enlighten
Fifteen inspiring speakers took the stage Oct. 6 and 7 during the 7th annual Digital Media and Learning Conference at the University of California, Irvine. With 20 slides and 5 minutes each,...
Category: Digital LearningTeachers Paying Teachers for Lesson Plans
Kacey Potter, 8th grade English teacher in Rice Virginia, has earned more than $150,000 over the past five years by selling her curriculum to other teachers via Teachers Pay Teachers — lesson...
Category: Educational PracticeOne of the most publicly prominent elements of the current interest in math and science education has been the adage that everyone should learn to code. When arguing for universal coding literacy,...
Category: Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: 2016 DML Keynote Recap
In case you weren’t among the nearly 500 people at the 7th annual Digital Media and Learning Conference last week at the University of California, Irvine, here are highlights from the keynotes....
Categories: Edtech, EquityWhy It’s Time to Let Go of ‘Meritocracy’
Meritocracy seems like an unassailable concept. Who could argue with a belief that the 'brightest and the best' should reach the highest levels in society? In a heavily class-conscious society (like England),...
Category: EquityHow are Digital Learning Educators Made?
Last year, I read Elizabeth Green’s “Building a Better Teacher” and it changed the way I understood education in America. Fundamental to this essential history (of recent efforts at education reform, not...
Category: Digital LearningWatchworthy Wednesday: UCI Opens eSports Arena
Now that the University of California, Irvine has opened the first eSports arena of its kind at a public college, student-gamers soon will be doing battle against the enemy Lexus in “League...
Category: EdtechThis current back-to-school season is no doubt marked in tangible ways by a contentious presidential election cycle. I find myself wondering how much this indubitable backdrop will play a role in the...
Categories: Civic Engagement, Digital Learning
