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Transforming American Education:

LearningPowered by Technology

Karen CatorDirector, Office of Education TechnologyU.S. Department of Education

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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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Social Interactions for Learning

Digital Content

Mobility – 24/7 Access

Print to Online

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Productivity

Infrastructure

Learning AssessmentTeachingR&D – Grand Challenges

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21st century expertiseHow people learnPersonalized learningUniversal Design for LearningInformal + Formal

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Learning

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Measure what mattersEmbedded assessmentsReal time feedbackPersistent learning recordUniversal DesignContinuous improvement

Assessment

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Highly “effective”Connected OnlineInformal + FormalInspired

Teaching

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24/7 - Community wideBroadbandAccess PointsSupportedEquitable

Infrastructure

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Cost efficiencyFinancial systemsProcess redesignInteroperability standards

Productivity

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Research and Development

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What needs to be invented?

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Individualized - Differentiated - PersonalizedParticipatory and SocialPlayfulAugments Human PerformanceHyper-personalizationMapping and NavigationPowerful algorithms

Personalized Learning