Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

Today’s most hyped phrase, personalized learning, is nearing Gartner’s peak of inflated expectations among the chattering class of education thought leaders and philanthropists. What is personalized learning? Slope of Enlightenment: Competency-Based Learning. Competency-based learning is one of these.

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Edsurge

MAY 8, 2017

I inserted the sheet onto my class homepage and made it publicly accessible for students to track themselves. (Of Of course, I replaced names with ID numbers). It looked more like a financial model than a gradebook—and it was ugly—but its existence made students rush to the computer to monitor their progress.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

An increasing number of educators are finding that collaborative, hands-on learning requires a different type of space than most traditional classrooms offer, and that the learning environment greatly impacts both pedagogy and student engagement.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

But, in general, students work at their own pace through worksheets, online lessons and small-group discussions with teachers. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. Mastery-based learning, of course, has its critics.

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