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If you missed our Fall Research Collaborative meeting last week, we have archived the recording, slides and chat transcript. The links are below: Slides Chat Transcript

Today’s guest blogger is Dr. Jason Siko. Dr. Siko is an assistant professor of educational technology at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Mich. His research interests include support systems for K-12 online and blended learners, as well as teacher professional development and game design in education. Previously, Jason was a secondary biology and… Read more

The Evergreen Education Group and Christensen Institute are launching a project to find and publicize examples of success in blended learning. They believe that proof points will help practitioners who need to demonstrate to a variety of stakeholders that blended learning can be successful in a setting that the stakeholders are familiar with. They intend… Read more

eLearn Magazine is looking for articles in the area of K-12 blended and online learning. Today’s changing education landscape increasingly includes K-12 online and blended learning in partnership with K-12 virtual schools and other educational agencies, and these approaches are transforming the education system. This column invites forward thinking in next generation learning that expands… Read more

Dr. Joe Cozart is guest blogging today. Joe is the Associate Director of Strategic Planning at Georgia Virtual School. Here he discusses learning analytics. Using Data to Improve the Management and Operations of an Online School Administrators of online and blended schools have access to more data than ever before, but the time and expertise… Read more

If you missed our last MVLRI webinar about Florida Virtual School Research, we have archived the recording and slides. The links are below: Slides If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected]

Teresa King, Instructional Programs Manager, and Jodi Marshall, Executive Vice President, Business and School Solutions, of Florida Virtual School (FLVS) presented FLVS Research in an MVLRI webinar on Sept. 16. Florida Virtual School, the nation’s largest state K-12 virtual school, engages in multiple instructional research partnerships each year. In this presentation, members of the FLVS… Read more

The Michigan Association for Computer Users in Learning (MACUL) has opened the call for speakers for the 2015 Conference. The conference runs March 18-20, 2015, and will be held at the Cobo Center in Detroit. MACUL has over 14,000 members and the conference draws on average over 4,500 educators from around the region. The 2015… Read more

It’s hard to believe, but it’s not too soon to start thinking about SITE 2015 conference in Las Vegas, NV, March 2-6, 2015. As co-chairs of the Virtual Schooling Special Interest Group, Kathryn Kennedy (MVLRI) and Leanna Archambault (Past Fellow, MVLRI, and Assistant Professor of Educational Technology in the Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College at… Read more