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7 Principles Of Sustainable Learning: An Agrarian Learning Model

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7 Principles Of Sustainable Learning: An Agrarian Learning Model. What would the opposite of the industrial learning model–the existing vision of most public education systems worldwide in the 21st century–look like? How To De-Industrialize School: An Agrarian Learning Model. by Terry Heick.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

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Alignment of Data Standards for Describing Learning Objectives When applying the Google Maps metaphor to learner navigation, the points of interest on the map are competencies—the things that a person can learn, such as skills, knowledge, dispositions, and habits of practice. K-12 learners.

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Autonomy, the future of education.

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Autonomous colleges, on the other hand, are granted freedom and in some or all the academic matters. They can have their own syllabus, right to conduct exams, and set up assessment patterns. Every candidate who is employed in an industry or in any sector is given additional training to make them fit for the job. Why Autonomy?

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Making the case for common K-12 standards

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Quality Standards: Consistently applying the same standards of quality to all curated OER is critical to any certification process. Considering factors such as level of authority, depth of learning, structure, advertisements, effectiveness, etc. One of the most common sets of structures are academic standards.

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MasteryConnect Cuts 30 Percent of Staff, Brings Co-Founder Mick Hewitt Back as CEO

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MasteryConnect aims to help teachers plan lessons and track how students perform against academic standards. Its core offerings include formative assessment products such as Socrative (a startup acquired in June 2014), grading tools and reporting services. Before these cuts, MasteryConnect had grown at a steady clip.

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How to Teach the Human Body and 16 Sites to Help

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There are good reasons why worksheets have been the backbone of assessment for decades: Students write or type the information (and get the benefits of note-taking). Once students finish watching, they can play topical games, dig deeper with more videos, make a learning map, review domain-specific words, and/or assess their learning.

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How to Qualify Online Tutoring Services

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The internet and the rapid technological improvement are making the world a little bit smaller and are eliminating barriers to learning. However, if they are from a different country try to find out if that country’s educational system and academic standard is the same or at par with your own country.

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