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Transforming American Education: Learning Powered by Technology Karen Cator Director, Office of Education Technology U.S. Department of Education 1 Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Transforming American Education:
LearningPowered by Technology
Karen Cator
Director, Office of Education Technology
U.S. Department of Education
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Wednesday, September 8, 2010
“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.”
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– President Barack Obama
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Social Interactions for Learning
Digital Content
Mobility – 24/7 Access
Print to Digital
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Productivity
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Infrastructure
Learning AssessmentTeaching
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21st century expertise
How people learn
Personalized learning
Universal Design for Learning
Informal + Formal
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Learning
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Highly “effective”
Connected
Online
Formal + Informal
Inspired
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Teaching
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Measure what matters
Embedded assessments
Real time feedback
Persistent learning record
Universal Design
Continuous improvement
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Assessment
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24/7 - Community wide
Broadband
Access Points
Supported
Equitable
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Infrastructure
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Cost efficiency
Process redesign
Financial systems
Interoperability standards
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Productivity
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Research and Development
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What needs to be invented?
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Productivity
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Infrastructure
Learning AssessmentTeaching
Grand Challenges
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Thank you!
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