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NOVEMBER 3, 2016

By far, one of the most popular topics at the iNACOL conference in San Antonio last week was “competency-based learning"; out of the conference's approximately 200 sessions, 35 had the phrase in their title. . What exactly is competency-based learning? Check out Competency Works' description here.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 12, 2020

Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. In a 2016 article, ‘ Innovation in Higher Education: Can Colleges Really Change?’, ’, Dustin Swanger, Ed.D

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

Cederick Ellis and Summit Elementary School principal Lakya Taylor-Washington, the bigger asset in going personalized comes down to removing arbitrary grade level assignments and creating “learning labs,” a style of competency-based learning that Summit has been experimenting with since 2015.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Or maybe it stemmed from the fact that anyone could get the gist of the teaching idea in the time it takes to rattle off a sound bite. By 2008 it had its own conference, FlipCon (which closed in 2016). I said, ‘Look, here’s what I expect you to learn, and here’s everything you need to learn it. Jon Bergmann.

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The CoolCatTeacher

NOVEMBER 15, 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.

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Edsurge

MAY 30, 2017

Maine has long been an innovator in education, stemming back to the Maine Learning Technology Initiative. Now all eyes are on our corner of the country as we transition from a traditional seat-time high school diploma to a proficiency-based diploma. First, the basics.

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AUGUST 17, 2016

Let’s think about it through the lens of project-based learning. Teacher Sets the Standards, Student Chooses the Project As you get ready for the new 2016-2017 school year, you wonder—where does one start? As teachers, if we use technology solely for its own sake, we do students a disservice. Bring it down to the basics.

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