evanston — administrators and staff of uinta county school district no. 1 met with officials from the kansas department of education on thursday, sept. 7, to discuss the district’s personalized learning program, including blended learning.
blended learning, a priority of the district over the past several years, combines traditional face-to-face instruction with the use of technology and online learning.
jaraun dennis, ucsd no. 1 director of personalized learning, said, “as a district we usually talk about needing four components — small group instruction, integration of digital tools, the use of data to make data-driven decisions, and the idea of self direction.”
according to dennis, blended learning is just a part of the district’s move toward a personalized learning model that includes “some element of student control over time, place, path, or pace.”...
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