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Learning, no matter where you are

By Learning Forward
February 2010
JSD: When we hear about districts and schools using technology for professional development, often we’ll hear about the convenience that technology offers. Yet we know that professional learning that is sustained and job-embedded in a collaborative environment delivers results for schools. What is your perspective on this? Dede: There is no single best model for learning, either for student learning or for teacher learning. Everything we know about learning suggests that it’s not something that’s quite similar among people, like sleeping, but instead, something that’s quite different among different people, like whom they choose to bond with. And so, some people are going to love online-only professional development, and some people are not. Some people are going to want face-to-face only, and some people are

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