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The PROs and CONs of competency-based education

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In a previous post I talked about competency-based learning and how this might be the ultimate approach to education. Students attend courses, do assignments, get credits and eventually graduate based on what they know, not on how much time it took them to gain that knowledge. The challenges for students.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

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As K–12 institutions digitally progress, slow data sharing between parents, teachers and administrators is leaving all players increasingly frustrated as they are forced to wait for important information sent through what is quickly becoming an outdated system. Mon, 06/25/2018 - 12:40. Transfer Student Data Seamlessly Across Academic Careers.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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In 2015, someone asked me what I thought about innovation in higher ed in an email, so I responded with a couple of hundred words, which I added to in creating this short blog post. I thought I’d share it because I haven’t talked much about higher ed, but for better or for worse, it is a big part of what we do in K12.

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Why Continuing Education Programs Are Poised to Become Hubs of Innovation

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As my Entangled Solutions colleagues Amber Laxton, Yury Lifshits and I write in a new report, 10 Trends Ahead for Continuing Education , continuing education programs are an ideal place to not only test new ideas, but also launch new programs. MOOCs are not the only ones that offer on-demand learning today.

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Higher Ed’s Credit Transfer System Is Broken. Here’s a Better Way.

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What limited credits he accumulated before did not transfer and help him on his path toward finding a job. In an education world driven more by inputs than learning outcomes, it’s hard to prove the case one way or the other. As he enrolled in his new school, he started from scratch. Dude, Where’s My Credit?

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To Connect Classes to Careers, Consider Erasing Grade Levels

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Back in the early 1900s, John Dewey promoted the “learning by doing” approach to education, which would later become the foundation of project-based learning (PBL). With our new focus, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that have started to move to competency-based learning.

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Project-Based Learning Is Just the Beginning

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In addition, we are one of 10 high school districts in Illinois that has started to move to competency-based learning. We’re also working to report on students’ mastery of skills with progress levels, rather than a traditional report card at the end of each semester. Follow her on Twitter @Find8Fences.