Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

A company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the company’s technology platform to deliver its online courses. The board has been great at investing in new technologies.”

Competency Based Learning 64

Competency Based Learning Company System Libraries 64

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

At Whittier, only 30 of the 141 graduates in 2015 had gained full-time employment that required passing the bar. Second, schools could use online learning technologies as a sustaining innovation to improve learning and control costs.

Competency Based Learning 94

Competency Based Learning Advocacy Online Learning Training 94

Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. That's kind of the whole aim, using technology pieces so that they can drive their education. They own their learning. It's not mine. And with that comes the automatic ownership piece.

Competency Based Learning 77

Competency Based Learning Policies Common Core Elementary 77

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system. Since 2012, all of 2Rev’s offerings provide a blended experience, including face-to-face sessions as well as online learning opportunities.

Competency Based Learning 60

Competency Based Learning Company Learning Blended Learning 60

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

“Our school’s original eportfolio program became these brochure websites that no one went to,” says Lisa Gottfried, New Technology High School’s digital and interactive media teacher, in an interview with EdSurge. “I I always thought, ‘To what end and why do we do this? How do we make it more relevant, more shareable?’”

ePortfolio 95

ePortfolio Social Media Adobe Survey 95

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

Bolduc spent the 2015-2016 year focused on intentionally weaving CARES into instruction, and helping students set goals to make progress on each habit. We saw Andy Calkins speak at a conference about MyWays in the summer of 2015 and we practically rushed the stage to talk to him afterward,” Hume-Howard laughs.

Assessment 75

Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 75

Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. First, the basics.

System 94

System Assessment Guidelines Meeting 94

Edsurge

JULY 1, 2016

Competency-based learning has received widespread recognition as a way to better align higher education to careers. experimental sites” that received approval from the Department of Education to use federal financial aid dollars for competency-based education and prior learning assessment initiatives.

Competency Based Learning 81

Competency Based Learning OER Assessment Company 81

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

Over winter break in 2015, I found myself scouring the internet for career alternatives that would take me out of the classroom. I came away from the institute eager to try inquiry-based instruction in my class during the 2015-16 school year.

Data 155

Data Classroom Strategy Student Engagement 155

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. Mastery-based learning, also known as proficiency-based or competency-based learning, is taking hold across the country. In the mastery-based learning world, this is largely seen as a positive move.

Learning 107

Learning Common Core System Groups 107

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

In January 2015, Duggan enrolled in New Hampshire’s self-paced Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS), joining about 200 full-time middle and high school students and about 10,000 part-timers from brick-and-mortar schools statewide who take VLACS courses a la carte. Her parents agreed. That’s the norm right now.

Education 0

Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Employers are providing skills based training to their staff utilizing unbundled, SaaS resources like LinkedIn Learning. A new competency-based learning and employment ecosystem is emerging despite traditional federal rules and guidelines. That begs the question: how will the federal government adapt?

Education 60

Education Policies Competency Based Learning Advocacy 60

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. It’s not that paying for a piece of technology will treat you any better, mind you.).

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

Inside Higher Ed reports that “ National University is working to create a personalized education platform that combines three of the buzziest innovations in higher education – adaptive learning, competency-based learning and predictive analytics for student retention.”

Khan Academy 46

Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46