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Justin Reich is the executive director of the MIT Teaching Systems Lab, a fellow at Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society, and the co-founder of EdTechTeacher. Beth Holland is a doctoral candidate at Johns Hopkins University and an instructor at EdTechTeacher. Douglas Kiang has over 25 years of teaching experience at all grade levels and currently teaches computer science at Punahou School. This blog is no longer being updated, but you can continue to explore these issues on edweek.org by visiting our related topic pages: research.

Education Opinion Practical Guidance from MOOC Research: Flexibility and Stickiness
Two research studies show that students appreciate the flexibility to pursue MOOCs at their own pace, but they benefit from returning regularly to the course activities.
Justin Reich, July 2, 2015
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Education Opinion What are the Best Ways a Teacher can Demonstrate Leadership in the Classroom?
Empathy for ourselves, our students, and our colleagues are key elements of demonstrating leadership.
Justin Reich, June 30, 2015
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School & District Management Opinion Developing a New Metric for Assessing Learning
What dimensions of learning should we be measuring, and how should we go about doing it?
Justin Reich, June 25, 2015
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4 min read
Education Opinion Doing Real History in High School: The Wayland High School History Project
Kevin's Delaney's Wayland High School students publish a biography of one of their town's most interesting residents, Jessica Henderson, a fierce suffragette and political activist from the World War I era.
Justin Reich, June 22, 2015
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Education Opinion A New PK12 Initiative at MIT and a New Role for Me
Announcing a new PK-12 focused initiative at MIT, and a new role for me at MIT.
Justin Reich, June 16, 2015
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Education Opinion Can We Nudge Students to Better Learning?
Summary of new research on nudges, priming questions, and text messages in educational settings.
Justin Reich, June 3, 2015
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Education Opinion Four Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation
Guest writers Beth Holland and Sabba Quidwai ask how we develop cultures of innovation in an era of standards-based reform.
Justin Reich, May 26, 2015
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Education Opinion In China, Where Everything is a MOOC
A visit to China's Silicon Valley reveals a robust enthusiasm for large-scale online learning.
Justin Reich, May 10, 2015
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Education Opinion A Year without One-to-One
Shawn McCusker describes what he learned moving from a 1:1 school back to an environment with fewer technology resourses.
Justin Reich, May 3, 2015
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Education Opinion Looking at Class Sets of Work with MathMistakes.org
Exploring student thinking and problems solving with resources from MathMistakes.org, one of the gems of the Math TwittoBlogoSphere. #MTBoS
Justin Reich, April 25, 2015
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Education Opinion A New Preface for the Ed Tech Developer's Guide
A new preface for the Ed Tech Developer's Guide, which was recently published by the U.S. Department of Education.
Justin Reich, April 8, 2015
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Education Opinion Three Insights from the HarvardX and MITx Year Two Reports
Key findings from first two years of MOOCs at Harvard and MIT, including the consequences of steady growth, the emergence of course sequences and clusters, and the replication of early MOOC research.
Justin Reich, April 1, 2015
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Education Opinion Two Frames for Learning at Scale
The Learning at Scale project can be about trying to replicate tutorials at scale, or it can be about creating learning experiences where scale is an affordance rather than a detriment.
Justin Reich, March 24, 2015
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Education Opinion Teach to One in The New York Times
The New York Times investigates the possibilities of, and problems with, blended learning.
Justin Reich, March 13, 2015
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