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Why Continuing Education Programs Are Poised to Become Hubs of Innovation

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As more adults than ever before enroll in postsecondary education programs and a variety of players—from bootcamps to online and mobile course providers—offer options tailored to match adults’ work and family circumstance, traditional colleges and universities have struggled to keep pace.

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Flipsnack: A fun way to make interactive online magazines #edtech

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Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. What are the common mistakes that educators make when they’re trying to use FlipSnack? You said it’s not collaborative. Students absolutely love it.

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Nonprofit University Buys For-Profit College For Its Tech Platform

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A company called UniversityNow—which attracted more than $40 million in venture backing and ran an experimental for-profit college—has been sold to the nonprofit National University system, which plans to use the company’s technology platform to deliver its online courses. Kennedy University.

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Amazing Grace Adkins – my 89 year old learning lab director and the most amazing woman I know

The CoolCatTeacher

With a 56-year generation-spanning career as an educator, Mrs. Adkins approaches her 90th birthday still teaching, loving kids, and riding over 100 miles on her bike each week. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Vicki: Yes.

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6 trends to watch in K-12 schools in 2024

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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.

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Southern New Hampshire University’s Paul LeBlanc Wants Higher Ed to Back Up Its Claims

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Competency-based learning has received widespread recognition as a way to better align higher education to careers. Under LeBlanc’s leadership, in 2012 SNHU was the only academic institution on Fast Company’’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies list. The university is one of 40. earlier this month.

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Why a K-12 Operating System is the Next Step in the Evolution of Edtech

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Nearly ten years ago, I started my career in education as a math teacher at a new alternative high school serving over-age, under-credited youth in New York City. If we, the educators, were going to serve our students well, we were going to have to get pedagogically creative. Learn more about Kiddom Academy.

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