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  • Welcome to Conversations on Quality

    As the Symposium approaches, we’re adding content to the website for participants and the community alike. Symposium Participants: All Sessions are being held at Le Meridien, Cambridge, 20 Sidney Street We’ve posted the: Agenda Participants Posters Presentations Readings Workgroups The symposium is organized around 3 themes: Assessing, Design and Scaling Online Quality.

  • Symposium Report

    Read the Conversations on Quality Symposium Report (PDF) Introduction Conversations on Quality is part of a series of structured discussions among industry leaders, hosted by MIT and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and designed to improve the quality of online learning in K-12 education. By bringing together experts from around the country, these conversations…

  • Quality Courses: Immersive Gaming or Focused Tutoring?

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Assessing Quality: Learner Analytics or Human Intuition?

    Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and solutions related to quality in online learning for grades K-12.

  • Conversations on Quality Slideshow

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • The Opportunity and Challenge of Pervasive Quality

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • The Practical Case for Quality: The Teacher and Student Perspective

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Scaling Quality Across Multiple Dimensions

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Conversations on Quality: Welcome and Overview

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Photos From the Symposium

  • Symposium Word Clouds

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Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • Welcome to Conversations on Quality

    As the Symposium approaches, we’re adding content to the website for participants and the community alike. Symposium Participants: All Sessions are being held at Le Meridien, Cambridge, 20 Sidney Street We’ve posted the: Agenda Participants Posters Presentations Readings Workgroups The symposium is organized around 3 themes: Assessing, Design and Scaling Online Quality.

  • Symposium Report

    Read the Conversations on Quality Symposium Report (PDF) Introduction Conversations on Quality is part of a series of structured discussions among industry leaders, hosted by MIT and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and designed to improve the quality of online learning in K-12 education. By bringing together experts from around the country, these conversations…

  • Quality Courses: Immersive Gaming or Focused Tutoring?

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Assessing Quality: Learner Analytics or Human Intuition?

    Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and solutions related to quality in online learning for grades K-12.

  • Conversations on Quality Slideshow

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • The Opportunity and Challenge of Pervasive Quality

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • The Practical Case for Quality: The Teacher and Student Perspective

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Scaling Quality Across Multiple Dimensions

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Conversations on Quality: Welcome and Overview

    Conversations on Quality: A Symposium on K-12 Online Learning was hosted by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on January 24 – 25, 2012 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. At this event, powerful thinkers from K-12 education, academia, and industry engaged in a new kind of conversation on shared issues and…

  • Photos From the Symposium

  • Symposium Word Clouds

Got any book recommendations?

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