EdTech Magazine

MARCH 12, 2019

The tricky part is how to actually go about doing those things, and convincing everyone around you that they should be striving for that approach as well. How do you get that done? Let’s start with what personalized learning is — or should be — and go from there. K–12 Departments Must Find Common Ground.

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Edsurge

JUNE 9, 2017

Does competency-based education hold the key to providing an equitable learning opportunity to every student? As she puts it, competency-based learning “gives students the chance. Distinctive Schools network, we have been on a journey implementing personalized learning that takes a competency based approach.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 28, 2022

Students need to be able to learn at their own pace to better grasp and retain information Self-paced, personalized learning allows them to gradually accumulate knowledge and competencies according to their needs and level. . How to encourage student autonomy in the classroom . Personalized learning paths .

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A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 8, 2023

Over the years, the state of Utah has provided me with a plethora of opportunities to work with schools on Personalized Competency-Based Learning ( PCBL ). I am always fascinated by how high-agency strategies can unlock the potential of learners. Each student creates a to-do list based on three sets of 17 minutes.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Principal Chris Huckans believes that competency-based education (CBE) is one of the keys to the school’s success. Huckans says that Bishop Hall’s use of the Brightspace learning management system provides students with highly personalized learning pathways, which “allow them to innovate and experiment.”

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

As a consequence, the whole day was spent contemplating how will I ever get that knowledge and whether I was going to fall behind. Smart kids knew how to pay attention so I just had to be one of them. Here are a few ideas on using edtech to promote growth mindset: Showing progress through competency-based learning.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 3, 2017

As Clayton Christensen recently said to me, just as people have taken the phrase “disruptive innovation” to justify whatever they already wanted to do, people are using the phrase personalized learning—and a whole host of other terms—in a similar manner. Peak of Inflated Expectations: Personalized Learning.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 10, 2020

Her teacher has embraced competency-based learning, which asks students to take more control in the classroom. How was I going to give up so much control and ownership of education to them when I couldn’t get them to follow the directions that I was trying to get them to do?” MELROSE, Mass. she wondered.

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Neo LMS

MARCH 7, 2019

Without further ado, here are the general directions in which the industry of educational technologies is growing: Adaptive learning and learner-centric education. Phill: The first question is about adaptive personalized learning. And learner centric is kind of even more important than adaptive learning or personalized learning.

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Since adverse environments and stress can disrupt executive functioning skill development, schools have to provide educational programs that teach students how to successfully plan and achieve their goals. Emotion regulation also differs greatly from student to student as they all learn how to understand and embrace their feelings.

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 19, 2017

It’s incredible to look back at where I started as a new teacher and see how much my pedagogy and practice have changed since then. One of the biggest reasons for my growth as an educator has been competency-based learning. What an incredible way for teachers to learn and grow professionally.

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Neo LMS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

I attribute this success to our pre-pandemic strategy — we already had a blended learning system in place that helped us accommodate remote education. As schools and universities reopen their gates, there’s great hope that there will soon be more in-person learning. Read more: How to create accessible e-learning design.

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Neo LMS

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Read more: How to S.T.E.A.M. up distance learning. Read more: For effective learning, teach students how to learn. Read more: 3 Core aspects of a personalized learning platform. You don’t need to add any more apps, but it can help switch things up a bit and use some subject-specific tools. Conclusion.

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Neo LMS

MAY 18, 2021

Students should master learning content but also abilities such as adaptability, resilience, and agency. Read more: How to enhance students’ work-ready skills. Teaching ensures performance, personalized learning , alternative learning pathways, self-paced learning, adjustment of content, and continuous support.

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Digital Promise

JUNE 23, 2021

When COVID closed the door on in-person schooling in spring 2020, one of the biggest concerns for school districts was how to address the needs of students who experience cognitive learning challenges and/or physical disabilities. From the conversations, the following big ideas emerged: Student agency is paramount.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 19, 2021

The result was the adoption of “a learner centered, personalized, competency-based” approach that allows students to meet learning goals on their own terms, Rooney said. Related: Why a high-performing district is changing everything with competency-based learning.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 5, 2023

They want step-by-step guidance on how to tackle challenges. That’s why I’m a fan of personalized and competency-based learning environments, in which young people do learn these skills. Education must adapt so that it nurtures problem solvers and critical thinkers. The recent announcement by the U.S.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

Mastery-based learning used to be considered preparation-intensive. Now, with online personalized learning options like CK12 and Khan Academy , this differentiation is easier to create making it a good fit for limited teacher time. Personalized learning has become a popular buzzword for how to fix things.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 13, 2021

In particular, the suspension of mandated state testing in K-12 schools in 2020 “accelerated the conversation” about alternative assessments that would help educators personalize learning and focus on students’ long-term success rather than year-to-year progress, as measured by current end-of-year tests. The response?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

But then if we can make that a hook into mastery learning, maybe over the next decade we can make these ideas that we just talked about more mainstream. The other lever I think we have is working with the system itself, where we move to a competency-based world. I view competency-based learning as a form of mastery learning.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

This past week, we traveled to the Golden, Colorado to attend the Conference of Online and Blended Learning (COBL), put on by the iLearn Collaborative. Here is what we learned: In his opening keynote, Tom Vander Ark, CEO of Getting Smart, asked the audience, “Why student-centered learning?”

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. Having more time isn’t going to change much if schools haven’t thought about how to do this.”. Some terms, including “open,” get appended to specific use cases. It’s not about time, it’s about giving students more instructional support.

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Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2017

McComb School District down in McComb, Mississippi doesn’t just believe in the power of technology when it comes to personalized learning. We are learning how to mitigate between policy and trying to be as innovative as possible without breaking state laws. How exactly have you switched up the grade level structure?

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Digital Promise

MARCH 10, 2015

That’s why we’re working with these six districts: to follow along and share what they learn about piloting learning technology tools in classrooms. That’s also why we are crowdsourcing ideas from the many outstanding schools and districts across the country on how to run results-based ed-tech pilots.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 29, 2017

They have a Personalized Learning Implementation Framework that guides users through 25 key areas of personalized learning. It helps schools and districts assess their needs, recognize their strengths and how to work with those, and map out a plan. Framework: Ed Elements Charts a Clear Path. But It’s also flexible.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Related: How to plan for a future of education where disruption is the norm. And the digital transformation will honor learning that occurs outside of the classroom, allowing a shift to competency-based learning, perhaps using microcredentials and badges.

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Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs

MARCH 10, 2020

This entry is an attempt to compile a useful -- but by no means exhaustive -- list of CBE related books that I personally feel have been either extremely illuminating in pragmatic ways (detailed models, insightful anecdotes, clear "how to's") or it inspired me to stay the course. Often the same book did both! Stack and Jonathan G.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 18, 2018

“We don’t have to focus on math, because they’re already good at math,” said Yoon Jeon Kim, a research scientist in MIT’s Teaching Systems Lab who is monitoring the effort to see how well it works. “We So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. So we can concentrate on how to teach.”. Yoon Jeon Kim, MIT Teaching Systems Lab.

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Edsurge

MAY 9, 2017

Regardless, Chen’s team—along with a slew of educators and researchers across the country—are committed to finding out how to measure these key skills meaningfully. We take a look at how it’s going. At Nueva, when it comes to assessment, standards-based grading is king. The hard work of measuring soft skills.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

DECEMBER 13, 2024

I knew that Mastery/Competency-Based Learning was what I was passionate about, so in the 2019-2020 school year, I went back into the classroom to implement Mastery Learning. I spent the summer reading, playing with some AI models, and researching how to use AI in the classroom. I had unfinished business.

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Turning Learning On Its Head

APRIL 3, 2016

Lately I have been thinking about how flipped learning, mastery learning, and competency based learning (CBL) intersect. I believe that implementing a Flipped Mastery approach is a practical way to personalize learning for each kid. Learners need to know why they should learn something.

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Tech Helpful

MARCH 27, 2017

How do we make sure students are truly answering from their knowledge bank and not their ability to ask Google good questions? How do we make sure students are learning how to use tools beyond technology? Is this why schools are trying to shift away from grades-based learning to competency-based learning?

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Whether you’re in a 1:1 device environment or using a new learning management system, parents will appreciate understanding the instructional tools their kids are using in class. Demonstrate how to check grades, order spirit wear, view weekly lesson plans, and—during spring conference season—register for next year’s courses.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 16, 2019

discussed how the approach had worked successfully in the Futures Academy network of schools. 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. Kimberly Hatten, Ed.D.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

Users can also use the NEO advanced features such as automation, gamification, learning paths, and competency-based learning directly from the Windows App. The collaboration will provide educators with more instructional options and a seamless journey to personalized learning for every student.

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

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Rethinking How Schools Work: Another trend educators have long talked about is the need to make learning more interdisciplinary, interactive and student-driven. Technology could be a productive part of this shift by changing where and how students engage with learning.

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