Edsurge

APRIL 4, 2017

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. After spending a few years thinking deeply about assessment in a competency-based system, Memorial teachers noticed something troubling.

Assessment 76

Assessment Elementary System Academic Standards 76

Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Ten years ago two Colorado chemistry teachers unleashed a brash concept on a K-12 landscape where few questioned the age-old formula of lecture, homework, assess, repeat. Through examinations of classroom surveys such as Project Tomorrow’s Speak Up , the Flipped Learning Global Initiative estimates that around 16 percent of U.S.

Flipped Classroom 128

Flipped Classroom Khan Academy Learning Video 128

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. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. So we can concentrate on how to teach.’ Army War College.

Competency Based Learning 39

Competency Based Learning Training System Report 39

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Seeing a student in high school learning how to do it doesn’t often happen. Kids are learning graphic design with the real software.” Most public institutions we surveyed, such as Pace University, said no, while private institutions like Columbia University stated that they consider everything an applicant sends in. .

ePortfolio 95

ePortfolio Social Media Adobe Survey 95

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

The previous summer, I started the Physics By Inquiry Summer Institute at the University of Washington, a three-year program where teachers learn how to run an inquiry-based classroom by engaging in inquiry-based learning themselves. Combing through the results was a humbling and difficult experience.

Data 153

Data Classroom Strategy Student Engagement 153

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2022

For decades, advocates of competency-based education have been arguing that colleges should award credits based on assessing what students know rather than how many hours they’ve spent in class. Meanwhile, competency-based programs have attracted fans among some college students—particularly adults.

Education 101

Education Conference System Report 101

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145