June 25, 2014: Accelerating Blended Learning

Scott Ellis, Chief Executive Officer, The Learning Accelerator

Tom Murray, State and District Digital Learning Director,Alliance for Excellent Education

Please join the Alliance for Excellent Education for a webinar with The Learning Accelerator (TLA), a nonprofit organization dedicated to jump-starting implementation of blended learning across the nation.

Blended learning combines traditional face-to-face instruction, usually offered by a teacher in a traditional school building with high-quality digital content, including online instruction and other technological tools. In its most effective form, blended learning personalizes the learning of each student, allowing opportunities for students to take both required and elective courses and create a portfolio of opportunities and paths to succeed. Successful blended learning also allows for competency-based progression that empowers students to move at their own pace and advance only when they have mastered content; and uses technology to make implementation possible at scale. These three key elements of blended learning are what TLA focuses on in its work.

TLA works to help districts overcome barriers they face in blended learning implementation with the understanding that implementation is complex and requires careful planning. Scott Ellis, The Learning Accelerator's chief executive officer, will share the organization's story and broad national vision and efforts in school districts around the country. Tom Murray of the Alliance will share his lessons learned from implementing blended learning at the district level and moderate questions submitted from viewers across the country.

Register and submit questions for the webinar at all4ed.org/webinar-event/jun-25-2014/