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New to Competency-Based Learning? Here're Five Ways to Assess It

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According to a 2016 report by iNACOL, 36 states are currently investigating policy surrounding competency-based education. And as interest in this approach to teaching and learning increases, so does the need for assessments to support it. Below are five ways to approach competency-based learning assessment.

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How online learning contributes to a more inclusive HE experience

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Furthermore, students with no disabilities will still find those subtitles useful if they happen to be in a loud environment when studying or simply focus better on written words than on spoken ones. Instead of writing short notes or paragraphs, I sometimes have short conversations through our learning platform on the assignment.

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Mixing Automation and a Human Touch, New Software Helps Keep Students ‘On Task’

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Education technology researcher George Siemens and a colleague hope that personalized learning approaches can help better connect professors and students in large classes. Siemens expects OnTask to pave the way for additional software products that address specific problems in higher education.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

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Digital Promise will award up to ten school or district leaders who submit a response by March 27 with a $1,000 stipend for a trip to San Francisco, including workshops with leading software companies, in partnership with the Education Technology Industry Network. It seems like it’s really built for high school students.

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Implementing an Effective Learner-Centered Approach

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The learning model Dr. Martin presented is known as Competency-Based Learning, and one key aspect is that learners “articulate” their own progress toward competencies. This started with the campus leaders and included book studies and regional trainings with campus teams. Kimberly Hatten, Ed.D.

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Not Just Buzzwords: How Teachers Bring Big Ideas, Innovative Practices to Life

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Go further and deeper One of the debates within the emerging practice of competency-based learning is when students master a concept, should they move further ahead in the curriculum or, if they are ahead of the class, go deeper into that concept instead. The school’s graduating class this summer had an 89.8

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These Red Flags Signal Competency Education’s Three Biggest Misconceptions

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The question is how are schools and teachers responding so that all students are building the skills they need for higher levels of studies? I implemented blended learning last year and my students are now able to advance upon mastery.” They don’t get competency education at all.