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What Does a School Need to Enable Learning Based on Student Competency?

MindShift

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. The report defines personalized learning as “tailor[ing] learning to students’ strengths, needs, interests and experiences.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

They contend that their schools expand on Montessori’s vision by adding new digital technologies to “personalize learning,” as well as to surveil students. He told NPR in 2015 that Knewton’s adaptive learning software was a “mind-reading robo tutor in the sky.” Stanford University psychology professor Carol Dweck.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Pretty sure this is the best MOOC story of the week: “ Russian Underground Launches Online Courses in Card Fraud ,” Infosecurity Group reports. Via Business Insider : “Online learning may be the future of education – we compared 4 platforms that are leading the way.” Robots and Other Ed-Tech SF.