How Professional Learning for Teachers Has Changed During the Pandemic

What happened to professional learning during the pandemic? The country has been rightly concerned about how much the pandemic has impacted student learning. As schools closed and classes went online, the effects were felt nationwide. Failure rates and dropout rates rose while standardized test scores and attendance and graduation rates fell, despite the remarkable efforts […]

How to Make Online Professional Learning Successful

Implementing professional learning programs to meet the needs of all teachers and staff has always been challenging. Over the past few months, a monumental shift has thrust many schools and districts into what feels like a tailspin: “We have to put together online personalized content using new resources and tools — as quickly as possible!” […]

7 Things You Should Know About Micro-credentials

  Micro-credentials are picking up steam in the professional learning world. From what you’ve heard, you might think of them as merely a series of badges learners can earn (more on that later). But there is far more to micro-credentials than that. Micro-credentials are in fact an incredibly effective way to implement a competency-based learning […]

How to Get the Most Out of Online Learning

Q&A: Supporting Teachers in Professional Learning

Teacher engagement in professional learning is a topic we’ve talked about a fair amount at Frontline Education. How can school systems increase that engagement? And what does it look like to put teachers in control of their own professional development (PD)? Providing relevant, just-in-time PD opportunities is part of the answer — and online professional […]

Learning Management Systems (LMS) versus Professional Development Management (PDMS)

Why native K-12 knowledge is necessary Though many organizations have heard the term “learning management system” (LMS), only those in the educational space have heard the term “professional development management system” (PDMS), and for good reason: the two do not perform the same functions or meet the same objectives. That matters to any educational organization considering […]

5 Keys to Understanding Online Learning

Leveraging online learning to support the training and development of your employees. You’ve probably heard a lot of terms around online learning like synchronous and asynchronous, on demand, blended, eLearning, and if you’re really paying attention, LMS and SCORM. It probably feels like a lot to learn for something that’s just an augmentation to face-to-face learning, […]