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Transforming American Education:

LearningPowered by Technology

Karen Cator

Director, Office of Education Technology

U.S. Department of Education

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Context

Why?

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Social Interactions for Learning

Digital Content

Mobility – 24/7 Access

Print to Online

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“By 2020, America will once again have the highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” – President Barack Obama

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Content

What?

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Productivity

Infrastructure

Learning AssessmentTeachingR&D – Grand Challenges

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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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Measure what matters

Embedded assessments

Real time feedback

Persistent learning record

Universal Design

Continuous improvement

Assessment

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Highly “effective”

Connected

Online

Informal + Formal

Inspired

Teaching

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24/7 - Community wide

Broadband

Access Points

Supported

Equitable

Infrastructure

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Cost efficiency

Financial systems

Process redesign

Interoperability standards

Productivity

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Research and Development

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What needs to be invented?

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Leadership

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