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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. So for example, actually I had a big AHA when writing the book.

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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

Now, with learning back in person in many places in the country, Lindsay’s experience keeping kids mostly on track, even during the most chaotic of times, offers lessons to other districts. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Students on a break at Lindsay High School. Does it work?

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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. With the learning infrastructure work, for example, we have Credly, our very first investment that is working on digital, competency-based credentials. We also focus on data interoperability.

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Reinventing Crediting for Competency-Based Education: the Mastery Transcript Consortium Model and Beyond by Jonathan E. Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!) This book is likely the most "dense" and longest on this list, but it is chock full of very useful examples, anecdotes, and templates.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version.

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Will “school choice on steroids” get a boost under a Trump administration?

The Hechinger Report

For example, in Minnesota, which began allowing part-time online enrollment in 2006, roughly 1 percent (5,520) of the state’s secondary school students enrolled during the 2013-14 school year, according to the Minnesota Department of Education. She said that although no more than 1 or 2 percent of U.S.