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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

TeachThought - Learn better.

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. Video, of course, enables other innovations. With that in mind, I started out with the more common, perhaps less exciting examples.

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

The Hechinger Report

The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning. High school senior Connor Dunbar.

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Why Continuing Education Programs Are Poised to Become Hubs of Innovation

Edsurge

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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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

Edsurge

For example, Denise Maduli-Williams, a faculty member at San Diego Mesa College, sends mobile, motivational video messages to her students via Twitter and Instagram. Tracy Schaelen, of Southwestern College, uses micro-videos to greet students and help them navigate an online course.

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How colleges are adapting to the future of education

Linways Technologies

If that seems too far fetched, just think about the number of jobs that was created in the last few decades, like social media manager, drone operator, mobile app developer, system admin etc. So, education should also focus on developing a learning culture in its students.

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From Good to Great, Initial to Ideal: A Way to Improve Exhibitions and Other Performance Assessments

Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

Indeed, if the phrase conjures up images of a junior high science fair with trifold presentation boards, homemade dioramas and solar system mobiles, or perhaps cute elementary students dressed up as famous people for a living wax museum, you would be forgiven. From a certain perspective, student exhibitions are not new.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

techlearning

CYPHER LEARNING NEO LMS ( www.cypherlearning.com ) CYPHER LEARNING announced the launch of the Windows app for its product NEO LMS. Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App.

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