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Self-Regulation in the Personalized Classroom

A Principal's Reflections

Over the years, the state of Utah has provided me with a plethora of opportunities to work with schools on Personalized Competency-Based Learning ( PCBL ). Students are more prone to own their learning as they are taking proactive steps to identify where they are, where they want to be, and what is needed to succeed.

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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. 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

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. Patrick adds that schools and colleges that have embraced competency-based learning may have an easier time adapting to remote learning during the pandemic.

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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. 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. Web-based preferred. Standards-aligned: 2010 Alabama Course of Study: Social Studies. The results of that pilot will inform future purchasing decisions.

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Nonprofit University Buys For-Profit College For Its Tech Platform

Edsurge

But it was not initially clear what technology platform UniversityNow had left to sell, since in 2015 the company sold its competency-based learning platform to Penn Foster Education Group. The board has been great at investing in new technologies.” Penn Foster’s version of the license focuses on high school,” he says.

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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. I would say there’s a shift away from the traditional focus on seat-based or hour-based credentialing. Now there’s a growing focus on competency-based learning.

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