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How to make competency-based education possible through an intelligent learning platform

Neo LMS

Teaching constantly meets new challenges. Competency-based learning is easier to implement when you have the right tools. An intelligent learning platform (ILP) is the ideal option. This technology already incorporates all the features you need to implement a competency-based learning model.

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

The Hechinger Report

Elsewhere in the classroom, an instructor knelt to chat with two boys engrossed in playing with blocks, while a second teacher supervised a group of five students as they completed worksheets. Students in a transitional kindergarten class at Washington Elementary, a K-8 school in the Lindsay Unified district, work in small groups.

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Khan Academy Wants to Make 'Mastery Learning' Mainstream. Will Partnering With Schools Help?

Edsurge

The teachers get dashboards that help them keep track of these multiple paths that all of these students are on, and are able to do focused interventions for the students who are still struggling, even if the interventions on Khan Academy aren't fully meeting their needs, they can have one-on-one time, small group times.

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Distinctly Equitable: How This Chicago School Makes Competency-Based Learning Work

Edsurge

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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5 More principles of effective instruction adapted for online teaching

Neo LMS

; Divide the class into small groups (see Zoom breakout rooms ) and have Teaching Assistants work with them to check for understanding; Organize debates in which students have to defend their position (debate assignments). One way to make sure that they understand the content is by taking a mastery-oriented approach to the online classroom.

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The Trends and Challenges Shaping Technology Adoption In Schools

MindShift

It gives lots of way to facilitate activities at a PTA meeting, at a school board meeting or a local chamber of commerce,” said Keith Kruger, CEO of CoSN. Rethinking How Schools Work: Another trend educators have long talked about is the need to make learning more interdisciplinary, interactive and student-driven.

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A school where you can’t fail — it just takes you longer to learn

The Hechinger Report

But, in general, students work at their own pace through worksheets, online lessons and small-group discussions with teachers. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates.

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