Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

, which Dweck associates with a false growth mindset, won’t help them achieve their learning goals, at least not in the long run. Educators need to be consistent with the messages they send and incorporate a growth mindset in what they do, including technology — or especially in the way they use technology to teach.

EdTech 407

EdTech Competency Based Learning Gamification LMS 407

The Hechinger Report

MAY 1, 2023

Education policy should be top of mind as state policymakers continue their legislative work this spring. After unprecedented learning loss, growing disparities in educational outcomes and overall public dissatisfaction, the time is right for an education overhaul. We should ask no less of ourselves.

Competency Based Learning 94

Competency Based Learning Policies Personalized Learning Education 94

Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Innovation in education is a must if we want to keep up with technology and global advancements. There has to be a paradigm shift in our approach to education. Teaching needs to be student-centered, but most of all, it should be based on the graduate profile. Mastery-based learning is a competency-oriented teaching method.

Learning 317

Learning LMS Competency Based Learning Outcomes 317

EdTech Magazine

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

As personalized learning continues to gain momentum across the U.S., more states, districts and schools are moving toward a competency-based education system that focuses on individualized learning and classroom equity. Students advance upon demonstrated mastery, not based on time.

Personalized Learning 409

Personalized Learning Tools Classroom Learning 409

Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. In 2011, a group of educators met at the Competency Based Learning Summit. During that Summit, the leaders identified five key tenets of Competency Based Learning (CBL): Students advance upon mastery.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

A Principal's Reflections

APRIL 23, 2017

Thus, many educators, including myself, now refer to these as essential skills. The other day I was speaking with Rose Else-Mitchell , a wickedly smart educational leader, who pushed my thinking on the whole skills conversation. The Rigor/ Relevance Framework helps us move from a focus on skills to competency-based learning.

Competency Based Learning 403

Competency Based Learning Analysis Outcomes Assessment 403

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

That recommendation, if realized, would bind LA Unified to a time-bound, one-size-fits-all model that fails to focus on the most important criterion—whether a student has learned the material. Shifting the emphasis to outcomes, on the other hand, encourages experimentation so that there can be continuous improvement to achieve stated goals.

Outcomes 60

Outcomes Competency Based Learning Course Assessment 60

Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

The term “grades” has become almost taboo among some educators in New Hampshire, where seven elementary schools are slowly ditching the word altogether through a program known as. The program—short for “no grades, no grades”—is hallmarked by the schools shifting to a more competency-based assessment structure and removal of grade levels.

Assessment 152

Assessment Elementary Data Groups 152

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

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. Dell Black Friday and Year Long Education Deals.

Handbook 431

Handbook Flipped Classroom Learning Competency Based Learning 431

Edsurge

APRIL 18, 2023

Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress. Like the reality that it takes different students different amounts of time to acquire skills. “It That would be a very risky proposition.”

Classroom 208

Classroom Learning Company Assessment 208

Neo LMS

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Educators and learners have started to realize that the traditional teacher input and student reproduction of information could no longer ensure learners’ successful transition from students to active citizens contributing to the labor market. 9 Characteristics of authentic learning. Well, that’s not enough anymore!

Learning 334

Learning Competency Based Learning Advocacy LMS 334

Edsurge

MAY 31, 2017

Consider the implications this has for the nature of education in childhood. Children will need to master skills and competencies relevant to this emerging world of work. We often think about competency-based learning as an input—a method of instruction that is mastery based and not time-based.

Competency Based Learning 92

Competency Based Learning Outcomes Assessment Learning 92

MindShift

JULY 9, 2015

It’s no longer a given that if a child spends twelve years in school, he or she will learn enough to succeed in higher education or a career. To address this issue, some educators are taking bold measures to help students. They also designed the infrastructure that supports it and learned some big lessons during implementation.

Competency Based Learning 28

Competency Based Learning Learning System Assessment 28

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s a novel idea to consider what teachers want in this time of disruption and corporate education reform, which have by most measures failed our public schools. The list I have compiled below is a must read for school boards, parents, grandparents and anyone who cares about having a well-educated society.

Competency Based Learning 202

Competency Based Learning Data Outcomes Professional Learning 202

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 10, 2022

It’s easy to get excited about the virtues of mastery, or competency-based, learning. What’s not to like about a system that guarantees that students learn, as opposed to one that is focused on the amount of time students sit in seats? Were this our current education system, he would have received a grade — perhaps a C.

Learning 96

Learning Competency Based Learning Assessment System 96

Edsurge

APRIL 20, 2020

Thirty-eight percent of first-time students transfer schools within their first six years, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. In an education world driven more by inputs than learning outcomes, it’s hard to prove the case one way or the other. But as they move, their credits don’t always follow.

System 91

System Outcomes Competency Based Learning Course 91

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.

System 60

System Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 60

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

Educators shifting to competency-based models often tout to the power of allowing students to master a topic by taking a test again and again until they do well, rather than failing them if they bomb the first time. The philosophy is that such repeated testing will make sure they get to a level where the material truly sinks in.

Pearson 88

Pearson Study Competency Based Learning Company 88

Edsurge

OCTOBER 26, 2021

To develop mastery , students must acquire foundational skills, practice using them together, and know when to apply what they have learned. Learning is contextual. Generalizing learning to new contexts (what education researchers call transfer) requires facilitation. There would always be students who didn’t earn an A.

Learning 157

Learning System Outcomes Elementary 157

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The model also helped students and educators weather the pandemic’s ups and downs more easily than other districts in the country. While the pandemic still took its toll, adapting to online learning was smoother in Lindsay due to its preexisting infrastructure and history of adaptation.

Online Learning 133

Online Learning How To Competency Based Learning Learning 133

Edsurge

MAY 17, 2017

You know that old interview question: What would change in education if you had a magic wand? For Scott Looney, there’d be no hesitating: He would have every school switch from traditional grading to competency-based evaluations. That’s why he plans to offer credit-based transcripts as an option, not a mandate.

How To 85

How To Common Core Academic Standards Outcomes 85

eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

As schools begin to invest in competency-based education (CBE) and higher ed institutions set up competency-based programs, two of the big questions often unanswered become “is their focus on education or on learning ?” First and Foremost, Focus on Learning. We all need to learn how to learn.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning MOOC Outcomes Analysis 40

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21 st century careers, and the process works best when the learner-centered approach is applied to the professional learning of teachers and administrators, as well as the education of their students.

Professional Learning 40

Professional Learning Competency Based Learning Industry Assessment 40

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

So he’s joined a pioneering program based at MIT to take people like him, with experience in high-demand fields such as engineering, physics, math, languages, biology and neuroscience, and transform them into teachers. Related: Will a one-year residency better prepare aspiring educators for a new style of teaching? Future of Learning.

Competency Based Learning 97

Competency Based Learning Training Secondary Report 97

Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

The state of New Hampshire has been gradually shifting toward competency-based education (CBE) for two decades. Two recent state initiatives are defining a set of non academic work habits that contribute to student success , and developing a statewide performance-based assessment system.

Assessment 70

Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 70

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 21, 2019

The shift came to the school ahead of a statewide deadline to have proficiency-based graduation requirements in place for all of Vermont’s 2020 high school graduates. The requirements came as part of a broader effort to make education in Vermont more student-centered, with an emphasis on customization, flexibility and project-based work.

Learning 86

Learning System Report Outcomes 86

MindShift

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

Despite all the promises of education technology in transforming how students learn, change has been, at best, incremental. Bold claims have been made in the past decade about personalized learning, automated assessments and massive open online courses (MOOCs).

MOOC 37

MOOC EdTech Learning Competency Based Learning 37

MindShift

JANUARY 18, 2018

So he’s joined a pioneering program based at MIT to take people like him, with experience in high-demand fields such as engineering, physics, math, languages, biology and neuroscience, and transform them into teachers. The International Association for K-12 Online Learning urged in December that competency-based learning be expanded.

Competency Based Learning 39

Competency Based Learning Training System Report 39

eSchool News

MARCH 4, 2024

Here are six top trends for educators, parents, and policymakers to understand. Parent power The bigger trend is that parents are feeling much more empowered to make choices about their children’s education. A big question for this movement will be the sustainability of the supply of microschools and other educational options.

Trends 112

Trends Assessment Competency Based Learning Outcomes 112

The Hechinger Report

MAY 22, 2019

Editor’s note: This story led off this week’s Future of Learning newsletter, which is delivered free to subscribers’ inboxes every Wednesday with trends and top stories about education innovation. Teachers now assess students’ proficiency across four categories: basic, approaching, proficient and advanced.

Personalized Learning 103

Personalized Learning Learning Competency Based Learning Secondary 103

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. New York City Department of Education officials have taken a contrasting position.

Learning 108

Learning Common Core System Groups 108

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

When you think about virtual education, it’s often more about efficiency and getting more students through than it is about relationships,” he said. Related: Rhode Island’s lively experiment in blended learning. And it isn’t looking good in terms of outcomes,” she said. Lisa Kent, VLACS physical education and wellness teacher.

Education 0

Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

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. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145