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What is Mastery Learning and How Do You Implement It Effectively?

The CoolCatTeacher

Mastery learning (also called competency-based learning) is being used in some classes and schools. Jon Bergmann, author of the Mastery Learning Handbook talks about how he uses mastery learning in his chemistry and physics classrooms. Click Here for Deals. He serves on the advisory board for TED Education.

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When to Teach Online Classes Live and When to Let Students Learn on Demand

Edsurge

It was really in the ‘80s and the ‘90s that the first satellite distance learning programs came up,” she adds, meaning students could sit in classrooms connected via interactive satellite TV. One free online course on that topic is Learning How to Learn , and a key concept is developing habits to seek out new knowledge and skills on your own.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning. The role of technology. Does it work?

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Innovative School District Seeks Middle School Science and Social Studies Apps

Digital Promise

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. The district is working with Digital Promise to conduct an effective learning technology pilot this spring, from product selection to purchase decision.

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Nonprofit University Buys For-Profit College For Its Tech Platform

Edsurge

A company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the company’s technology platform to deliver its online courses. The board has been great at investing in new technologies.”

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Impact Investing, Not Whitewashing: How Lumina’s Venture Arm Works

Edsurge

We started doing impact investing back in 2010 through our fund investment strategy and invested in a couple fund managers. We connect our entrepreneurs to different stakeholders—it might be a nonprofit grantee of ours or another nonprofit, or another for-profit that might leverage their technology to be utilized. That’s not enough.

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How State Reform in New Hampshire Led to Teacher Autonomy

Edsurge

While the New Hampshire Department of Education (NHDOE) is committed to supporting districts transitioning to a competency-based model, it does not dictate how the changes should roll out, so the rate of adoption varies by district. Then in 2010, after two years of research, Sanborn implemented a district-wide shift.