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What’s the Difference Between Project- and Challenge-Based Learning, Anyway?

Edsurge

For many, competency-based learning might have been the first thing to pop in their heads. But others might have considered challenge-based, community-based or even case-based learning. Cator’s organization has tried to brand CBL as challenge-based learning.) Department of Education.

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The Professional Development Problem

EdNews Daily

The delivery method including video platforms, in-services, self-determined learning, and PD Communities require ongoing validation to ensure a greater return on investment (ROI). Without a change in engagement, professional development efforts will be severely hampered and learning outcomes will stay depressed.

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Four Ways to Redefine Parent Teacher Conferences—With a Little Help from Ironman

Edsurge

I had effectively created the conditions necessary for my students to self-advocate, which, as I would later learn, meant parent-teacher conferences would be less of a performance review. Create conditions for students to self-advocate I set a minimum expectation for myself to keeping my grade book up-to-date on a daily basis.

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Competency-Based Education: A Reading Journey

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

In particular, what books have we read? This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. Original reporting features (time spent reading, books read, etc.) TCI BRING SCIENCE ALIVE!

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).” After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. They haven’t.).

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