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Digital Natives vs. Digital Immigrants

As the school year ramps up, it's easy for anyone to get caught up in an adversarial approach to technology and learning; digital immigrants versus digital natives. But it doesn’t have to be this way.
New Designs for School

Beyond Student-Teacher Ratios: How Breakthrough Schools Invest in Human Capital

How do personalized learning schools plan to use human capital resources?
Technology Tools

Is Technology a Natural Enabler of Student Success?

Technology is already integral to students’ higher education experience, but is it a natural enabler of student success? In this post, learn how an innovation enabled by technology can fit with best practices for promoting student success.
New Designs for School

Seeking Stronger Student Outcomes? Try Making Comprehensive Changes in Teaching & Learning

Find out what worked in the first lesson that emerged from the work of NGLC’s higher ed tech innovation grant recipients.
Technology Tools

Investing in Personalized Learning Strategies to Improve College Student Outcomes

Jason Palmer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shares his passion for the power of education to transform lives.
Technology Tools

Can a Digital Learning Environment be an Ecosystem?

A focus group at EDUCAUSE 2014 identified the key features of a future digital learning environment.
Why Schools Need to Change

How Can Educators Build Stronger Community Ties?

Schools and districts need to both innovate and collaborate with their local communities in ways that build trust, clarify roles, & position schools to effectively meet the needs of 21st century students.​​
Technology Tools

Active, Self-paced, Data-driven Learning Leads to Stronger Student Outcomes

Student success innovations that require active, self-paced, data-driven learning can lead to stronger outcomes.
New Designs for School

Does School Status Affect Financial Planning?

Innovative educators around the country are working toward the creation of personalized learning environments in their schools.
Technology Tools

New Data Tool Displays Struggles, Mastery of Common Core

​In the final brief from our Next Gen Tools series, we focus on Spark, a data integration tool created by Merit Prep, a Newark, NJ charter school.