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8 LMS features that support student autonomy in the classroom and beyond

Neo LMS

Students need to be able to learn at their own pace to better grasp and retain information Self-paced, personalized learning allows them to gradually accumulate knowledge and competencies according to their needs and level. . One of the most popular tools that achieve this goal is the learning management system (LMS).

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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

Edsurge

But neither the endorsement of powerful entities nor the enactment of new education policies assures that the push to create a skills-based education system will run like, er, clockwork. And even proponents of competency-based education say it can be daunting to do the work of unwinding academic systems from the mechanisms of time.

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How to do online learning well? A California district has some answers.

The Hechinger Report

Lindsay Unified has seen significant improvement in academic achievement, graduation rates and the number of students going to college since it created a performance-based system in the mid-2000s. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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What is an intelligent learning platform for schools and universities?

Neo LMS

Especially during the past two years, the interest and necessity of online learning have skyrocketed. . Students have continued pursuing their studies despite prolonged lockdowns through platforms such as learning management systems (LMSs) and video conferencing software. Intelligent learning platform benefits for K-12 schools.

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Sal Khan: Test Prep Is ‘the Last Thing We Want to Be’

Edsurge

So I’ve been preaching that wholesale mastery learning isn’t realistic because you have to really think about your grade system. I think AltSchool—and I don’t think I’m saying anything that their founders would disagree with—started off as a tech company. Some of the kids not as well.”

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Activate Instruction migrates content to Gooru

eSchool News

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. Gooru’s enhanced, free K-12 content will support a variety of innovative educational models and facilitate the growth of competency-based learning.”.

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

Edsurge

Little did I know this experience would eventually propel me to help develop a school operating system that tackles technology issues plaguing educators and supports them with more opportunities to offer individualized instruction. At the time, I had no idea this system was called “standards-based grading.”

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