Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. During that Summit, the leaders identified five key tenets of Competency Based Learning (CBL): Students advance upon mastery. Competencies include explicit, measurable, transferable learning objectives that empower students.

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Education Elements

JUNE 8, 2016

As he spoke, it became clear to me that the only way to have an impact on the K-12 education industry (a $650 billion business at last count) was to introduce the use of technology to improve its product and increase its productivity. At that time, the only schools we could find that were innovating as whole school models were charters.

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Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

Competency-based learning has received widespread recognition as a way to better align higher education to careers. College for America , which partners with employers to offer competency-based online degree-programs for $3,000. Not long after, SNHU launched. The university is one of 40.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Across the country, schools are adopting new approaches to teaching and learning in order to prepare students for life in a technology-rich world. This is important, as students who are not engaged in learning are more likely to drop out of school ( APA , 2012). ” Challenge 3: Fostering deeper learning.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Since 2012, all of 2Rev’s offerings provide a blended experience, including face-to-face sessions as well as online learning opportunities.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.).

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

When Allen arrived at Parker Varney in 2012, the school was listed in the bottom 10 percent in the state. At Pittsford elementary, she says, there are “a higher number of students who are meeting their projected growth.” Some even more so; “one student is moving from first to third grade.”.

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