Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

UC Santa Cruz Extension’s international program , for example, offers full-time certificate programs to students from over 30 countries. With a new permanent presence in Silicon Valley, UCSC Extension connects its international students with internships and OPT opportunities at local companies.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 5, 2016

One is an expansion of a coalition of schools that share best practices, called the League of Innovative Schools; the other is a comprehensive report on the ways that competency-based learning initiatives have grown in the six New England states. Sign up for our Blended Learning newsletter. They test new strategies.

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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. Does it work?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. So do most ed-tech companies. So we want to try something new.”

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

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. For example, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. This company has no impact on the editorial content of the show.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Companies like LegalZoom and Rocket Lawyer, which have created a do-it-yourself model for legal services, and others like Ravel and ROSS that improve lawyers’ research and productivity, have changed the profession and business models. What’s so punishing is that the good days are over. degree, such as regulatory compliance.

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Neo LMS

APRIL 5, 2022

These classes also open the door to self-paced personalized learning. Today, edtech companies are actively working on taking digitization even further by converting the traditional LMS into an intelligent learning platform (ILP). For example, they can use gamification in their classroom to boost engagement. .

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

“Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”. Content migrating from Activate has been largely built and published by high-performing public charter schools, such as Summit Public Schools and High Tech High.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

A student’s English teacher, for example, may evaluate five habits through qualitative observation and make them worth 30 percent of a final grade. Right now, LaRocca says, there are two types of assessments on the market: surveys and performance-based assessments. LaRocca’s team use surveys provided by.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate. #2

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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. Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: 3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers. Because the LMS was designed to contain a lot of tools for teachers in a single view, it was clunky and cumbersome to use.

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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. In Moheeb’s sixth-grade math class, for example, there are 37 skills.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

During these introductory sessions, by phone or web chat, Kent explains course logistics — for example, how she and the student will meet (virtually) at least once a month and how to upload weekly assignments. After all, I live with a perfect example.”. A week later, there’s a follow-up call. What can be done?

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 19, 2022

For a company, a value network might include its customers, suppliers, distributors, investors, and the competitive and regulatory landscapes that shape its business model. Some charter schools are pretty similar to their district school counterparts because their value networks resemble those of districts.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

“Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” When the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman toured the US recently, he hung out with Mark Zuckerberg , Jeff Bezos , and Sergey Brin , for example. ” She was, apparently, at Koch Industries. “The U.S.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

That being said, if you’re using a piece of technology that’s free, it’s likely that your personal data is being sold to advertisers or at the very least hoarded as a potential asset (and used, for example, to develop some sort of feature or algorithm). Without revenue the company will go away. And “free” doesn’t last.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Under such plans, the funding for a course taken by an individual student goes to the school or online company offering the course, often away from the student’s local district. Canyons School District, for example, went from having no online students in 2011 to 1,900 this past year. It’s called “Course Access” or “Course Choice.”

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