Competency-based education has become a hot topic in higher education circles these days -- it is becoming increasingly popular as the country searches for ways to improve college affordability and more accurately measure student learning.

In addition to end-of-semester course evaluations, you can collect mid-semester evaluations to assess how your course is going while it is in progress. You can also check in occasionally with classroom assessment techniques (CATs) that quickly and easily allow you to assess how students are learning in your classes.

EvaluationKIT has joined the highest Instructure partnership tier as an Alliance Partner, empowering the two companies to work more closely than ever in meeting the needs of Canvas clients. EvaluationKIT Named SIIA Education CODiE Award Finalist for Best Postsecondary Enterprise Solution By implementing EvaluationKIT, Bossier Parish Community College has been able to address the challenges of scaling their course evaluation process cost-effectively to meet the demands of increasing enrollment.

Are students engaged? Have course objectives been met? What are students thinking? You won't know unless you ask. With its wide variety of survey types ranging from peer and self-evaluations, student evaluation of faculty, and faculty of student, CoursEval™ users can ask questions vital to the improvement of teaching and learning.

"Multimedia can stimulate more than one sense at a time, and in doing so, may be more attention-getting and attention-holding." Multimedia, the term defines using more than one medium of expression or communication.

You don't need expensive software to produce engaging course content for use inside and outside your classroom. Check out the following options -- many are free and work inside your web browser (no downloading necessary!)-- to enhance the quality and effectiveness of your presentations.

What is collaborative learning? What is the impact of collaborative learning or group work? What are some examples of collaborative learning activities? How can you design group work activities? How can you manage group work? How can you evaluate group work? What are some general strategies to keep in mind when incorporating group work?

The International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) is a nonprofit organization with the mission to ensure all students have access to a world-class education and quality blended and online learning opportunities that prepare them for a lifetime of success.

Meet Your Students Where They Are: Social Media We're used to engaging students in the real world, now it's time to engage them in social online spaces like Facebook and Twitter. Online social networking has become an integral space for many of our students to live out their daily personal interactions.

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Competency Works - Learning from the Cutting Edge

On Tuesday, July 10, the US Department of Education (ED) hosted "What Teachers Need to Know about Personalized Learning" as part of their Teacher Summer Seminars. Richard Culatta, Deputy Director of the Office of Educational Technology, Matthew McCrea, Science Instructional Lead Teacher at G.

Interesting question from the article: "Let's say that a delivery truck shows up at your school and suddenly you have all these devices such as iPads, netbooks, classroom response systems, and learning and data management portals.... Will teachers in your school teach any differently?"

At Forest Lake Elementary School, in Columbia, South Carolina, the student population grows more diverse by the day. Income levels, ethnicities, family structures, first languages, interests, and abilities now vary so much, that a traditional teaching approach, with a uniform lesson targeted to the average-level student, just doesn't cut it.

Transitioning away from seat time, in favor of a structure that creates flexibility, allows students to progress as they demonstrate mastery of academic content, regardless of time, place, or pace of learning. Competency-based strategies provide flexibility in the way that credit can be earned or awarded, and provide students with personalized learning opportunities.