Education Week

Networks for Learning: The Community of Practice

Life is at base a network. It thrives on connection. We all know this, experientially, because we are alive! And when we are not feeling alive or lively it is often because we are disconnected, cut ...
EdTech

4 Best Practices for Improving Digital Learning Instruction in Your School Community

Vanessa Peters Hinton, Ph.D., is a senior learning sciences researcher at Digital Promise. Her research focuses on digital learning in K–12 and higher education. Imagine this scenario: An office at ...
Forbes

What Is A Community Of Practice? (And Why You Need One)

Founders gathered at the French start-up incubator La Station F, an example of a community of practice. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, he carried a flag from the Explorers Club in ...
Education Week

The Science of Deliberate Practice: What it Means for Education

There is growing evidence that individuals can achieve high levels of performance through extended training. You may remember the 10,000 hour rule discussed by Malcolm Gladwell in Outliers (2011). It ...