TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. MOOCs are great ideas, but assessment and feedback loops and certification are among the many issues holding them back. An example?

Examples 141

Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Edsurge

MARCH 6, 2017

You've been on the speaking circuit and on social media talking about these issues, and you mention creating an online presence for your students. To me, that's not what learning is about. It's not that I'm opposed to competency-based learning or other methodologies. Berman: We talk about the student voice.

Online Learning 132

Online Learning Competency Based Learning Blackboard Course 132

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. The International Association for K-12 Online Learning urged in December that competency-based learning be expanded.

Competency Based Learning 97

Competency Based Learning Training Secondary Report 97

Edsurge

MAY 23, 2017

Gottfried frequently shares what she deems “quality postings” on her social media accounts and has had employers actively engage with the students’ posts. You have to use social media with it, to promote it. Otherwise, you are just using it for your teacher.”

ePortfolio 107

ePortfolio Social Media Adobe Survey 107

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

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

One very important point here: as with all of my Edtech Elixirs entries and my personal social media posts, this is only Adam Watson's ideal list as of this posting. The book also helped me think more deeply about the importance of advisory scheduling, graduate profiles, and students doing defenses of learning.

Competency Based Learning 52

Competency Based Learning Education Blended Learning Common Core 52

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

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. As the decade went on, the arguments for surveilling students’ social media have changed several times.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145