self-directed-students 
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 5, 2023
I hear frequently from those in business that younger employees, directly out of K-12 or higher education, are looking for direction. The rigid structure of the traditional K-12 education system leaves little room for students to engage in real-world problem-solving scenarios. They should be.
Neo LMS
APRIL 6, 2017
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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The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 19, 2021
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.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 29, 2016
In the summer of 2016, a community of educators, research design partners, and over 150 teens and young adults in Colorado engaged in a bold experiment to rethink how quality and impact might be measured in a modernized system of learning. In this relatively small, short-cycle prototype, the lessons we learned were significant.
Edsurge
AUGUST 30, 2016
Those with a continuing education program have a valuable asset they should leverage as their hub of innovation to improve opportunities not just for adults but for all students. MOOCs are not the only ones that offer on-demand learning today. Indeed, this autonomy has been a distinctive feature since their beginnings.
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. Can Students Create VR? Competency-based Learning In Your District. Empowering 50,000 Students by Deploying 1-1 iPads.
EdNews Daily
DECEMBER 6, 2019
As our paradigms change with tech and culture, and pressures mount to increase achievement and stop attrition of student to alternatives, so do the views of what personalized learning actually is. The new-school answer to the definition of personalized learning is markedly different.
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