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Sasha Thackaberry

UC Davis's groundbreaking digital badge system for new sustainable agriculture program ... - 0 views

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  • Sasha Thackaberry on 30 Jul 14
     
    So excited to hear about this. What a great way to motivate student success and connect them to the college.
Jay Collier

The Ax-Wielding Futurist Swinging for a Higher Ed Tech Revolution - 0 views

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  • Jay Collier on 02 Sep 18
     
    "Alexander also has doubts about houses of higher learning. "I'm optimistic about learning, but often pessimistic about educational institutions," he says. "This is the best time in human history to be a learner. We have so much access, but college and university business models are often straining at the seams." Rather than seeing these online tools as a way to make money or replace traditional models, Alexander sees them as a way to supplement the brick-and-mortar campus experience. When he thinks of Transforming the University in the 21st Century - the title of his next book - Alexander sees places like his beloved Ann Arbor shifting but still standing."
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UW-Extension dean: Flexibility critical in serving nontraditional learners | Education ... - 2 views

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  • David Schejba
  • dean of continuing education, outreach and e-learning at the University of Wisconsin-Extension
  • his career has been driven by a desire to make education flexible, affordable and accessible for working adults, some of whom have degrees and are looking for new skills, some of whom have no prior postsecondary experience, but all of whom have real commitments outside of schooling
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  • Schejbal sees the difference as a great example of why competency-based education makes sense.
  • Traditional students may need the structured learning experience and all of the knowledge and information that comes from a standard, semester-based model because they don’t bring as much with them to the classroom. Older students, though, come to the classroom with experience from work, the military, self-study, or previous college. Schejbal says they need a more malleable learning experience that lets them demonstrate what they know, apply that knowledge to a program, and spend time learning only the additional information they need.
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  • These non-degree options are distinct from stackable credentials that Schejbal sees less value in, though he says the stackable credentials are fine if they’re within the realm of traditional credits.
  • Schejbal sees the value in both the traditional model for younger students and newer, alternative models for the “nontraditional” learner
  • But serving such a diverse student population — and doing it well — is complicated.
  • Schejbal says culture plays a major role in whether a college or university makes the effort to find a way. “Some institutions have both cultures and business models that are rooted in traditional higher education structures,” Schejbal said. “Those institutions have very little incentive to change.”
  • anonymous on 10 Apr 16
     
    Dean Schejbal's views on CBE and no-traditional learners
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