EdNews Daily

DECEMBER 6, 2019

As our paradigms change with tech and culture, and pressures mount to increase achievement and stop attrition of student to alternatives, so do the views of what personalized learning actually is. The new-school answer to the definition of personalized learning is markedly different.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

The proficiency-based model is closely related to competency-based learning, where students are grouped with those who are closest to their language abilities, regardless of age or seat time. I eventually decided to put aside my planned activities to address this elephant in the room: placement.

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Edsurge

JUNE 1, 2020

Perhaps more than any other group of learners, middle schoolers benefit from a more individualized approach. Teaching to a Range of Maturity Levels By definition, a self-paced model allows for more differentiation. Capitalize on peer obsessions in a positive way. Care for and support students when they most need it.

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Edsurge

MAY 16, 2017

“[NG2] tackles long-standing educational barriers to personalized learning. Those barriers include “(1) student assessments that don't accurately reflect students’ true understandings and skills and (2) methods for grouping students (by age) that often poorly align to their true needs as learners.”.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Equity was a major driver in implementing competency based learning. It’s everyone getting what they need.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2019

Back then, there weren’t that many groups—one or two at most. I would say there’s a shift away from the traditional focus on seat-based or hour-based credentialing. Now there’s a growing focus on competency-based learning. I definitely think it is a concern. Today, there’s a lot more.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

In addition to the platform, the company has also brought together 75 experts to form a group which they call the “talent cloud.” The symposium featured asynchronous content that could be accessed at any time, and a virtual session including stories shared by practitioners from across the country with experience in competency-based education.

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Edsurge

JULY 10, 2017

Starting something in these areas means that, by definition, there is typically more upside than downside because the alternative is that students will have no other options. Each had a plan personalized to his or her needs with teachers who were working hard in small-group settings. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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Edsurge

JULY 16, 2019

He’s started working with more schools and districts—instead of reaching students mainly at home—and has partnered with assessment groups, such as the College Board and, most recently, the NWEA for personalized test prep materials. The latter group administers the MAP Assessment—a test designed to measure growth in reading and math.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Based on my years of experience as a child therapist—helping young people build stronger, sturdier, more purposeful and hopeful lives—I would define what Jamal brought to the room as. He was demonstrating great courage (another word for vulnerability) by standing in his truth and bringing it into the group. vulnerability.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2017

We’ve discovered that the five-part working definition of competency education developed by 100 innovators six years ago hasn’t protected us from misunderstandings. Teachers in competency-based schools are, of course, using computers. They may use computers as productivity tools, to research and locate resources.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 1, 2016

Many people want to know how what blended learning and the personalization of student learning are and how they look in implementation. In a personalized learning environment, student needs drive the design of the learning. Prior to creating my innovative learning environment, my classroom was similar to others.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Perhaps also because as flipped learning has evolved, it has adopted much more of an open-ended definition. I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Go learn it, but I’m not going to tell you to learn it by this date.’

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Usually microlearning means a very small, bite-sized chunk of learning material, which is typically a video. There’s no quizzes, there’s no discussion groups, there’s no interactive sessions, which is more like a full blown course. Competency-based learning. Want to learn more?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

OCTOBER 18, 2015

We need more research here, but the evidence seems to suggest that the achievement gap is exacerbated in the factory-model system when a student does not master a concept, develops holes in her learning, and the teacher just moves on to the next concept the next day. Will competency-based learning exacerbate some gaps?

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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 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 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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. CZI took over the engineering of the learning management system from Facebook in 2017.). And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again. Altius Education. The Hour of Code.

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