Ask a Tech Teacher

MARCH 22, 2019

In MBL, students are given multiple opportunities to improve work that doesn’t meet expected standards. Student achievement is evaluated against school learning standards and performance expectations. Assessments are competency-based and referenced to school learning criteria. What is MBL.

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Edsurge

APRIL 8, 2020

Synchronous Works Better For Some Students Than For Others Holding an online class via a live video platform like Zoom or Google Meet can closely resemble an in-person classroom dynamic. In a 2010 meta-analysis of online-learning research compiled by the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The teachers get dashboards that help them keep track of these multiple paths that all of these students are on, and are able to do focused interventions for the students who are still struggling, even if the interventions on Khan Academy aren't fully meeting their needs, they can have one-on-one time, small group times. Can you write well?

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Neo LMS

JUNE 21, 2022

Carrying out projects successfully is related to the ability to anticipate the amount of time needed to complete a task, especially when there are deadlines to meet. Regardless of deadlines, students have to learn how to be as productive as possible in a given time frame. Time management. Calendars/to-do lists.

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2017

Enter competency-based learning (CBE), a term introduced in the 1970s when the U.S. The core promise of CBE, she says, is to create a system where teachers can provide the instructional support meet all students’ needs, regardless of where they are at. Some terms, including “open,” get appended to specific use cases.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Platforms like these help improve student outcomes by enhancing teachers’ ability to meet individual students’ needs. These tools are key to bolstering educator capacity and addressing the inequities exacerbated during pandemic distance learning. They also allow learners to master new skills at their own pace, in their own way.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 8, 2018

With more college students now considered nontraditional than traditional, higher education institutions have been scrambling to shift their models to better meet their needs. Many have turned to competency-based education, known as CBE, to reach the increasingly important returning adult learner.

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eSpark

AUGUST 4, 2021

With so many options for online learning available, one thing that can set a program apart from the others is a curriculum grounded in proven educational research. We are proud to announce that eSpark has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise.

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eSpark

AUGUST 4, 2021

With so many options for online learning available, one thing that can set a program apart from the others is a curriculum grounded in proven educational research. We are proud to announce that eSpark has earned the Research-Based Design Product Certification from Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Each of us has seen headlines about an online school providing an unaccredited program that looks like a “diploma mill,” or a completely mismanaged school administration that was not prepared for high student mobility or other realities of online learning.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 11, 2017

But, in general, students work at their own pace through worksheets, online lessons and small-group discussions with teachers. They get frequent updates on which skills they’ve learned and which ones they need to acquire. The rise of online learning has accelerated it, and school technology providers have been fierce advocates.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2015

As the public education system evolves toward supporting students’ personalized needs, online learning tools have emerged that allow teachers to customize instruction. Often the tools available either meet some of the teachers’ needs or are prohibitively expensive.

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eSchool News

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Are academic credentials simply assumed to represent relevant learning, or do they actually document and verify competencies with evidence of learning? Are we meeting the needs of lifelong learners? First and Foremost, Focus on Learning.

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MindShift

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

It gives lots of way to facilitate activities at a PTA meeting, at a school board meeting or a local chamber of commerce,” said Keith Kruger, CEO of CoSN. Rethinking How Schools Work: Another trend educators have long talked about is the need to make learning more interdisciplinary, interactive and student-driven.

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MindShift

MARCH 25, 2015

Many teachers have long been frustrated with static, canned curriculum that doesn’t seem connected to kids’ lives, and testing requirements that drive the learning experience. She points to the fact that state and federal accountability measures are predicated on the time-based, age-cohort model of teaching common for over a century.

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The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 3, 2016

There’s an assumption that virtual school students are closed off, online all day, and they don’t ever meet anyone. During these introductory sessions, by phone or web chat, Kent explains course logistics — for example, how she and the student will meet (virtually) at least once a month and how to upload weekly assignments.

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MindShift

OCTOBER 26, 2016

The cohort of 16 students meet once a week for three hours to discuss readings and how their individual projects connect to the theories they’re learning. Any time they meet in person the school provides childcare and food to make sure everyone can come. COMPETENCY BASED LEARNING.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Teachers Are Moonlighting As Instagram Influencers To Make Ends Meet,” Buzzfeed reported in 2018. And, of course, many teachers find themselves working as Uber drivers as they struggle to make ends meet on their salaries. In addition, he held meetings with the major publishers, such as Pearson Education, about partnering with Apple.

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