TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

It’s Time For Personalized Learning In Education. In March, Tom Loveless, a fellow at the Brookings Institution, took an outdated swipe at the logic behind moving toward a student-centered learning system. Will competency-based learning exacerbate some gaps? What he sees might surprise.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

Using the Instructional Model Design , the Ed Elements team brings deep expertise, examples from other districts, and design-thinking processes to help schools create their unique designs. They have a Personalized Learning Implementation Framework that guides users through 25 key areas of personalized learning.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Blended learning in credit-recovery courses and alternative schools—areas where students would often have no brick-and-mortar options—has gotten a bad rap because of questions about the rigor of the online learning experience. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Now, with learning back in person in many places in the country, Lindsay’s experience keeping kids mostly on track, even during the most chaotic of times, offers lessons to other districts. With about a day planning, [teachers] shift right into distance learning,” Rooney said. Students on a break at Lindsay High School.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

Mary Earick, project director for NG2, says the purpose of the program is to create more flexible learning pathways for students through “competency-based multiage schooling,” which allows students to move on to new objectives only after mastering others. “[NG2]

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

And, we’ll highlight the best examples from across the country on our website for others to learn from. Manager of Blended Learning. And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking. ” John Rice.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Rethinking How Schools Work: Another trend educators have long talked about is the need to make learning more interdisciplinary, interactive and student-driven. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

Reinventing Crediting for Competency-Based Education: the Mastery Transcript Consortium Model and Beyond by Jonathan E. This book is likely the most "dense" and longest on this list, but it is chock full of very useful examples, anecdotes, and templates. Martin (2010) Don't let the slim nature of this book (151 pages!)

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

Fields said the app enabled regular contact with all parents — to discuss grades or attendance issues, for example — not just those who speak English. In the classroom, computer-based programs can give students additional support as they work to master the vocabulary and mechanics of English. . — Tara García Mathewson.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

For example, it didn’t integrate with Google Apps, which we had spent the last three years using. For example, I can purchase a pair of concert tickets using my EventBrite app, and then export the information directly into my iPhone calendar. Personalized learning” might be trendy, but it isn’t new.

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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. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter.

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