Post-Secondary
Post-secondary is a shifting space — four year degrees may not always be the fit and new alternatives are being created at an alarming rate. This topic encompasses everything from higher ed to adult learning and workforce pipelines and development.
Simon’s Rock Early College: Three GenDIY Women Paving Their Own Path
By: Mickey Revenaugh. Occupying an idyllic slice of the Berkshires is an early college school where students often joke about being the country’s best educated high school dropouts.
NAFTrack Certification Combines School and Work
NAFTrack Certification is what a high school diploma should be--credible evidence of college and career readiness. The standards behind this program were developed by both business and education.
When Diplomas and Credits Send False Signals
By: Karla Phillips. As goals and expectations for students rise across the nation, our approach to education must change when it comes to determining mastery of content. Parents, students and educators are being misled by inconsistent expectations of proficiency.
Teachers Model Growth Mindsets During Twitter Ed Chat
By: Heather Ngoma. Ensuring teachers are comfortable with tech tools and social media for professional purposes is a top priority for the Rutgers Alternate Route program. Last month Rutgers immersed a cohort of new teachers in a facilitated discussion on Growth Mindsets via Twitter, here's the results.
The Importance of Learning Experience Design for Higher Education
Effective learning experience design can create relevant, engaging and memorable educational experiences that successfully address the specific challenges of adult and postsecondary learners.
Inspired by Serial: Behind MCDPEL’s New Podcast for EdLeaders
By: Joe Mazza. As part of our Preparing Leaders for Deeper Learning series, Joe Mazza brings us a behind-the-scenes story of the new and interactive scenario podcasts hitting the education leadership scene. Learn more about these podcasts, and about the ways social media is bringing leaders together to solve problems and learn from one another.
The Syllabus We All Should Have Gotten
By: Angela Skinner Orr. What we should have heard on the first day of school: If you don’t want to do it, don’t. Hack your education. You will fail. Use your iPhone in class. Grade yourself. You will fail. Document, document, document. You decide what you learn. Start now.
Learning Experience Design vs. User Experience: Moving From “User” to “Learner”
By: Margaret Weigel. Director of Curriculum and Learning Experience Design at Six Red Marbles gives a look into the important shift from "user" to "learner" when creating powerful learning experiences for higher-ed students.
Post Merger Boundless Will Continue to Offer Open Content
After acquisition by Valore, Boundless will continue to provide open education resources to higher education students
Other Machine: Shop Class For The 21st Century
Other Machine Co. produces portable milling machines that make 2D and 3D objects out of a range of materials (wood, metal, plastic). Like 3D printing, portable computer numerical control (CNC) machines have the potential to, “Democratize manufacturing for individual creators,” said founder and CEO Danielle Applestone.