Edsurge

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Terms such as “professional learning communities” and “data-based instruction” take the focus off of children as developing human beings, and force conversations to be about standardized data points from benchmark tests and high-stakes standardized assessments, which can dehumanize the way we address student needs.

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Competency Based Learning Data Outcomes Professional Learning 210

EdNews Daily

MAY 29, 2017

Parallel statistics on teacher job satisfaction, down nearly 25%, daily stress, up around 50%, and the majority of learning coming from colleagues on the job (Harvard Report), tells us the 68 hours/year and 18k/teacher for PD is lacking. Professional Learning (skills, knowledge, theory). With research from the U.S.

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eSchool News

APRIL 14, 2022

SILVER SPRING, MD (Thursday, April 14, 2022) — Discovery Education —the worldwide edtech leader whose digital services support learning wherever it takes place—announced today that its award-winning K-12 learning platform has earned the Learner Variability Product Certification from Digital Promise. For more information about?Discovery

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ExcelinEd

AUGUST 13, 2020

This school year, teachers face an unprecedented challenge teaching students both in person and at home—students who have experienced significant learning loss and trauma. As they invest in technology resources, states must invest equally in teachers. Investing in teachers can produce an immediate economic boost.

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Digital Promise

AUGUST 11, 2017

Every day at Digital Promise, we work with leading educators, researchers, and developers across the country to help close the Digital Learning Gap and improve learning for all. VR for Good – Can “Cause-Based” VR Save Us? Applying Research to Truly Personalize Learning.

Digital Divide 175

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Instead, we might use a written script of a conversation, a video of the educator role-playing with colleague, or even a virtual reality simulator (check out the cool work from TeachLivE using this type of technology). It is not much of a stretch to imagine a world where graduates of Relay (and other programs!)

Digital Badges 120

Digital Badges Education Competency Based Learning Assessment 120

edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Shifting from an industrial-age education model to a post-industrial learner-centered model is an essential part of preparing students for college and 21 st 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.

Professional Learning 40

Professional Learning Competency Based Learning Industry Assessment 40

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

Instead, we might use a written script of a conversation, a video of the educator role-playing with colleague, or even a virtual reality simulator (check out the cool work from TeachLivE using this type of technology). It is not much of a stretch to imagine a world where graduates of Relay (and other programs!)

Digital Badges 120

Digital Badges Competency Based Learning Education Assessment 120

The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Learn how she uses this tool. FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. Mandy Froehlich talks about a tool she uses in her classroom, Flipsnack. Transcribed by Lisa Durff. Bio as submitted.

EdTech 173

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 8, 2019

Lillian Pace The state education policy conditions outlined in the recent KnowledgeWorks State Policy Framework for Personalized Learning, which aligns district conditions for scaling personalized, competency-based learning with state and local hopes and needs, creates a way forward for education in South Carolina.

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

Three main ways schools are attempting this work are through technology use, an emphasis on personalizing learning and moving toward a mastery-based or competency-based evaluation system. She doesn’t believe that it works to rely exclusively on technology to help students catch up.

Blended Learning 28

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 26, 2017

FlexPath – only at Capella University – lets teachers work at their own pace to earn their MEd in a competency-based learning format. This subscription-based tuition model doesn’t limit the number of courses you can complete during each 12-week period, enrolling in up to two courses at once, for one flat tuition rate.

Professional Learning 168

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system.

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