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Competency-based learning: the ultimate student-centered education

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Graduating higher education while having a full-time job and/or a family seems almost impossible for too many students. The traditional education model makes no compromises: you’re either all in, or you’re not. Competency-based education might be the best solution in these circumstances. There are no grades.

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Competency-Based Learning Puts Students at the Center. It’s Perfect for Now.

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Then COVID-19 catapulted education into crisis mode, forcing her and all students and teachers into at-home learning situations across the world. Asmaa, Ismail and their peers in public education were caught in the perfect storm of school closures and an unplanned and awkward move to online learning.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

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Higher Education (HE) has significantly lagged behind other industries on the road to digitization. Despite the growing demand for edtech and online learning, face-to-face lectures and on-campus activities remained the core part of how students accessed their education. Read more: 3 Ways in which edtech enables hybrid learning.

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Meet NEO at FETC 2022!

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Helping students continue their education during the pandemic has been a topic of concern since the very beginning. And what better way to start the year than join a conference that focuses on the future of education? FETC 2022 returns as an in-person event. Speaking session: Driving Innovative Instruction. And this is not all!

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The PROs and CONs of competency-based education

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In a previous post I talked about competency-based learning and how this might be the ultimate approach to education. Students attend courses, do assignments, get credits and eventually graduate based on what they know, not on how much time it took them to gain that knowledge. What’s in it for students.

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Supporting Districts to Develop Inclusive Computing Pathways

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They are consistent across classrooms, cumulative from year to year and competency-based (i.e., Districts must bring together available resources, activities, national events and tools to create a learning progression that allows students to engage in computing opportunities equitably.

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How edtech boosts parent engagement in schools

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Parents are primarily responsible for their children’s well being and education. Teachers are also responsible for their students’ well being and education. They have the same goals and desire to help students learn better. Keeping up with school events and even extra-curricular activities is an added bonus.

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