Transforming American Education:

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Karen Cator

Director, Office of Education Technology

U.S. Department of Education

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“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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