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Chris Dede

Education Week: Competency-Based Schools Embrace Digital Learning - 2 views

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    more on competency based schools
Chris Dede

Learning Can Be Flexible - 2 views

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    two useful reports on competency-based and student-centered learning
Steve Henderson

Education Week: Competency-Based Schools Embrace Digital Learning - 3 views

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    Competency Based Learning is Badge Learning. A district in California is putting it into practice.
Jason Hammon

The Engine behind WGU - 0 views

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    Western Governor's University shows what software it uses to keep up with its competency based model
James Glanville

Expand Horizons Through Expanded Learning Time - Global Learning - Education Week - 1 views

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    The role technology can play in expanding the time during which learning can take place.
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    Another article about "expanded learning time" both online and via community-based "brick and mortar" locations like libraries, YMCA, and Boys & Girls Clubs. "Out-of-school programs can be strong partners for schools who want to leverage expanded learning time to help their students achieve global competence. Youth-serving organizations share the broad mission to promote student success in work and life in the 21st century. Out-of-school program organization and management is often based on an asset model that values diversity. In order to attract and retain participants, out-of-school programs are centered around youth engagement through hands-on and experiential learning, often with a focus on 21st century skills, service learning, science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, and others."
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    I wonder what Helen Haste would think of this organization . . .
Arthur Josephson

University of Wisconsin to Offer Credit for "competency-based assessments" rather than ... - 2 views

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    Wisconsin officials tout the UW Flexible Option as the first to offer multiple, competency-based bachelor's degrees from a public university system. Officials encourage students to complete their education independently through online courses, which have grown in popularity through efforts by companies such as Coursera, edX and Udacity. No classroom time is required under the Wisconsin program except for clinical or practicum work for certain degrees.
Janet Dykstra

Competency-Based Schools Embrace Digital Learning - 1 views

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    Features Tom Rooney sees competency-based education-supported by digital learning tools-as the path to building a better school district. The superintendent of the 4,200-student Lindsay Unified School District in California, Rooney set in motion this school year a plan to move to a system in which students progress not on the basis of their age or a set school calendar, but by demonstrating proficiency on learning objectives.
Xavier Rozas

U.S. Department of Energy's Solar Decathlon Home Page - 2 views

  • The Solar Decathlon joins 20 college and university teams in a competition to design, build, and operate the most attractive and energy-efficient solar-powered house.
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    I love competative learning labs. I wish this project based co-opetition model were a standard in our schools. Innovation and team dynamics are mindsets and skills that need to be developed in our kids.
Chris Dede

Time To Dump Seat-Time-Based Credit Hour, Says Research Report -- Campus Technology - 0 views

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    This is discussed in the Productivity section of the NETP
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    Arizona is taking an interesting view on seat-time http://news.yahoo.com/high-school-less-four-years-070000848.html Hundreds of schools in Arizona are being given the chance to opt into an initiative called Move On When Ready where students are allowed to graduate after their sophomore year based on proving academic achievement. Some are arguing that it is the same option as getting a G.E.D. after one turns 16 but I would argue that there is a negative connotation to having a G.E.D. versus a high school diploma and that this program provides a way for students to achieve a diploma without "putting in" four years of high school seat-time.
Chris Dede

Degrees Based on What You Can Do, Not How Long You Went - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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    consistent with our discussion in class.
Marium Afzal

Blended Learning Demands Big Open Spaces - 2 views

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    Designing a blended learning classroom/school "More significant than the shift from print to digital will be the shift from cohort matriculation to individual progress. Personalized digital learning will increasingly enable competency-based progress-advancement based on demonstrated mastery."
Chris Dede

McGraw-Hill exec: tech will make us rethink age-grouping in schools - Tech News and Ana... - 1 views

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    Interesting that some publishers are in favor of this, because it means big changes for them...
Ryan Klinger

Ten Promising Models and What They Mean for Leaders - 2 views

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    Thought the list provided is interesting in terms of how they relate to 21st century learning: The new school models in the article "suggests 10 elements most common to all of the models: * Student-centered environments * Personalized learning * Competency-based progressions * Adaptive & engaging components * Deeper learning & character development * Rapid & flexible deployments * Dynamic models evolving with new tools * Platform-centric scaling * Leveraging teacher Leadership * Best Practices & Innovation "
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