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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

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Co-designed with six districts (from six different states) who have all developed their own CT pathway, the course adapts Digital Promise’s CT Pathways Toolkit , based on a three-fold process: plan, build and implement. We live in an increasingly technological and computational world.

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Chinese Edtech Sees $1.86B in Q1 2019, Bucking Plummeting Venture Trend

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billion (RMB 241 billion) in contrast to a year earlier, according to a recent report by the Chinese Academy of Science and Technology. Within the Chinese education sector, three sectors saw a concentration of investments: competency-based education; language learning; education “informazation.”. See full-size image.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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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. They’ve recently updated the policy and why this doesn’t get more coverage, I’m not sure. An example? One example?

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Impact Investing, Not Whitewashing: How Lumina’s Venture Arm Works

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This is a shift in how we think about partnering with entrepreneurs, by leveraging technology services and products from them and partnering with other stakeholders that traditionally have not been what Lumina has worked with. I would say there’s a shift away from the traditional focus on seat-based or hour-based credentialing.

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Does Presence Equal Progress? Tracking Engagement in Online Schools

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We all remember classmates who sat in the back of the room, eyes glued to a comic or dog-eared paperback, anything to escape a learning environment that did not—or could not—engage them. Still others choose online learning because it can present a safe haven from bullying or other social pressures found in traditional schools.

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The Four Biggest Challenges to Implementing Maine's Proficiency-Based Diploma

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Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. You can find the official definition here.

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How 2Revolutions is Helping Schools, Districts, and States Support Future of Learning Models

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In the report, they share the 2Revolutions framework and describe six trends in education: personalization, growth in technology, more balance between formal and informal learning experiences, advances in learning sciences, shifting policies and increased economic pressures on the traditional model for instruction.