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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

EdTechTeacher

In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. . Challenges to Mastery Learning.

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Are Your Students as Far Behind as Mine?

Turning Learning On Its Head

In 2007 I helped pioneer the flipped classroom model and that model laid the groundwork for what I am doing now in my classroom. I am not flipping my class per se anymore, but rather I am teaching using Mastery/Competency-Based Learning in my class. Challenges to Mastery Learning.

Handbook 122
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Empowering Educators of Refugees as Teachers and Learners

Digital Promise

Educators are fundamentally learners, as well as masters of assessing and adjusting learning opportunities. Unfortunately, most learning opportunities offered are static, prescriptive, or limited (and limiting)—not contextualized, personalized, or responsive. This is something I would have welcomed while in the classroom.

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Personalizing Path & Pace Through Mastery Learning

EdTechTeacher

This practice is often coupled with the overarching philosophy of mastery learning, sometimes referred to as competency-based education. One of the most effective ways to personalize the path and pace of student learning is to build a strong foundation of competency based learning in your classroom or institution.

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How One University is Working to ‘Humanize’ Online Teaching

Edsurge

Can you talk a little bit about a specific example that illustrates how in an online environment, where you're not physically in the same classroom, you can provide a sense of presence? Pacansky-Brock: With learning, we focus so much on [the content they learned]. That's part of learning too. As humans, we feel.

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Teachers and students using Gooru can now adapt these high-quality resources for their classrooms. And this approach is growing.

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How One High School is Helping Students Craft Eportfolios People Will Actually Read

Edsurge

On the platform, students were expected to do more than document what they learned; she wanted them to actively consider their audience when writing posts. She expected students to document their work, reach out to online communities, and to make real world connections that lead to possible employment or internships opportunities. “One