Turning Learning On Its Head

MARCH 13, 2016

During the 2007-2008 school year, Aaron Sams and I pioneered the flipped class model of education. Though the flipped class model proved to be an effective strategy in which we saw increases in student achievement and engagement, we only did the traditional flipped classroom for one year.

Competency Based Learning 40

Competency Based Learning Flipped Classroom Learning Assessment 40

TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

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 Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. Smarter Learning Management Systems. We shall see. An example?

Examples 141

Examples MOOC Education Competency Based Learning 141

Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

And it lacks the enthusiasm—as well as the desire to help kids own and engage in their learning—that defines us as innovative educators. With transformative digital changes happening in classrooms today, basic learning management systems now deliver the answers to most of those well worn questions on parent portals.

Conference 60

Conference Technology ePortfolio LMS 60

Edsurge

MARCH 13, 2019

The learning environment was tense, my students were angsty and I didn't have the information or strategies to make it better. Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom. Anonymous student. Anonymous student.

Data 165

Data Classroom Strategy Student Engagement 165

Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

This worked nicely for my students, who felt like I was carefully attending to their learning pace and providing them with targeted learning materials. They bought a learning management system (LMS) and asked us to start using it. It felt like every tool I used in the classroom was inherently designed to work in isolation.

System 123

System Khan Academy EdTech LMS 123

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. The Flipped Classroom". with Pigeons.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Industry 145