Edsurge

AUGUST 30, 2016

As my Entangled Solutions colleagues Amber Laxton, Yury Lifshits and I write in a new report, 10 Trends Ahead for Continuing Education , continuing education programs are an ideal place to not only test new ideas, but also launch new programs.

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Competency Based Learning Education Trends MOOC 118

Edsurge

MAY 2, 2018

The Pearson Study In what was described as an effort to build transparency around their products, Pearson’s CEO, John Fallon, issued a directive for the company to run externally audited public efficacy tests on the firm’s third-party edtech applications.

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Pearson Study Competency Based Learning Company 112

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 5, 2015

WHAT: Piedmont Middle School is seeking to pilot digital learning programs that support competency-based learning in science and social studies. Inquiry-based approach with project-based and problem-based learning activities. The results of that pilot will inform future purchasing decisions.

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Study Laptops Competency Based Learning Policies 120

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

From 2008 - 2011, the company worked on projects spanning early childhood, grades K-12, higher education and the workforce, while simultaneously crystallizing its philosophy. In 2011, Rubin and Kern co-authored and released, Designing The Future of Learning, a white paper focused on the transformation taking place in the educational system.

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Competency Based Learning Company Learning Blended Learning 60

Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Panorama Education , a company that offers tools to help schools collect feedback on students’ SEL skills (among other things). Panorama for Social-Emotional Learning offers SEL progress reports based on student and teacher surveys. Surveys are by far the most common, making up over 90% of available tools. His main focus?

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Survey Assessment Report Academic Standards 106

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). ILPs take the analytics and reporting capabilities of LMSs one step further.

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Gamification LMS Learning Dropout 345

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.”. Material from a press release was used in this report. Free online training will be offered to familiarize Activate users with Gooru.

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Haiku Learning Competency Based Learning Wiki Common Core 40

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. Still, the move was slow. First, the school offered more hands-on group projects.

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Learning Common Core System Groups 107

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

Learn More About Kiddom Academy For Schools: 3 Ways a Company Can Personalize Its Support for Teachers. Learn more about Kiddom Academy. Beautiful, actionable reports help students, teachers, parents, and administrators monitor progress and take action. Apply to Kiddom's Pilot program.

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System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 121

TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 2, 2015

It was during a panel discussion on Competency Based Learning, where he explained the research for the prioritized competencies began with “federal skills databases.” ” Learn the skills that companies want you to have. ” This sounds innocent enough. Even efficient.

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Competency Based Learning Training Blackboard Company 40

techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. This follows the company’s recent integrations with Canvas and Schoology and its OneRoster alignment.

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Tools PresenceLearning Edmodo Blackboard 69

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

After clawing his way through college, however, he had a distinguished career in education — first as a middle school science teacher (where he and Bette met), then as a long-time member and chair of New Hampshire’s state board of education, and now as president of the nonprofit National Center for Competency-Based Learning.

Education 0

Education Course Laptops Blended Learning 0

Hack Education

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Perhaps the disappearance (and reported murder) of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi doesn’t seem like an education technology story. “Technology companies can no longer turn a blind eye to the human rights abuses of one of their largest investors.” National) Education Politics. But it matters.

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Education MOOC OER Company 55

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The Horizon Report. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. But as the ed-tech sector is never willing to let a bad idea die, the report will live on. Without revenue the company will go away.

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Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145

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. The growth of “Course Choice” initiatives in various states was chronicled in depth by The Hechinger Report last year, in this story from our archives. —

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Policies Course Accessibility Company 40

Hack Education

AUGUST 4, 2017

” I mean… In other Arne news, Chalkbeat also reports that “‘I think that’s blood money’: Arne Duncan pushed charters to reject funds from Trump admin if budget cuts approved.” ” “Republicans try to take cheap phones and broadband away from poor people,” Ars Technica reports.

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Khan Academy Elsevier Education MOOC 46