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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

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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What If We Measured Learning Through Skills Gained, Not Time Spent in the Classroom?

Edsurge

For more than 100 years, high schools and colleges have relied on the same stalwart tool to measure teaching and learning: the clock. Now, the institution that developed the time-based standard more than a century ago that is used throughout education is calling for the creation of a different way to quantify academic progress.

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The PROs and CONs of competency-based education

Neo LMS

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. Teachers will be the ones to.

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Implementing an effective learner-centered approach for educators and students

eSchool News

Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21st century careers, and the process works best when the learner-centered approach is applied to the professional learning of teachers and administrators, as well as the education of their students.

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Toilet Paper Hands: Empowering Students With Skills-Based Economic Education to Accelerate Financial Literacy

eSchool News

Through human-centered storytelling and gamified learning, TPH creators deliver lessons in financial literacy, blockchain technology and investing concepts to bridge the gap between current economic education and the opportunities of web3. ” Alin Ybarra, TPH Creator & Founder.

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Interoperability Boosts the Speed of School Communications

EdTech Magazine

A Digital Learning Now report highlights digital backpacks as a solution for teachers who, without these tools, “have little visibility into the past performance of their students, what other teachers noted, or each learner’s strengths, weaknesses, and individual needs.”. Expand Educational Resources to Student Toolkits. by Eli Zimmerman.

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Utah Makes Dramatic Progress Implementing Next Generation Learning

ExcelinEd

Utah’s steady journey toward next generation learning took another step forward last month. The state announced the recipients of the Competency-Based Education Planning Grant program. This commitment has opened the door for these local education agencies (LEAs) to pursue new student-centered approaches to learning. “We