Leadership

Marni Baker Stein on What’s Next For Higher Education

[…] worked for educational institutions in the U.S. and abroad on the development and administration of pioneering high school, undergraduate, graduate, continuing, and professional programming models delivered through competency-based, online, and hybrid formats. She was selected by the Department of Education to serve as a member of the National Technical Working Group charged with expanding […]

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Leadership

Joe Erpelding on Magical Schools and Thrively

[…] said “Tom, in our day we probably called it cheating. Today we call it learning.” From a curriculum and model perspective, Design39 had an early commitment to competency-based learning as a result of a partnership with Education Reimagined. This helped to instill context, skills, dispositions which provided steps rather than grades. They also live and […]

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Equity & Access

Podcast: Nick Donohue on Promoting Racial Equity & Fighting Personal, Institutional and Structural Racism

[…] Schools Partnership Better Together: How to Leverage School Networks For Smarter Personalized and Project Based Learning, by Tom Vander Ark and Lydia Dobyns For more, see: Scaling Competency-Based Education: Equity-Focused Strategies for Policy and Practice  New Legislation to Tackle the Digital Divide  The Real Value of State Assessments  Stay in-the-know with innovations in learning […]

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Future of Learning

Jamie Merisotis on Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines

[…] and CEO. He shares why he was interested in this opportunity. Jamie speaks about the work they’re doing at Lumina Foundation with policy advocacy, new learning models, competency-based learning, and impact investing. Jamie elaborates on impact investing as an emerging strategy. Jamie highlights some of the major changes he has seen in education since publishing […]

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Future of Learning

Podcast: Michael Horn on Choosing College

[…] high school and community college in partnership with an employer (see recent features on Infosys and Dallas ISD). Horn sees innovations like these creating new options and advancing competency-based learning. Horn argues that, like college seekers, college operators need to get clear about their sense of purpose. And with greater clarity, focus on innovations that deliver […]

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Leadership

Podcast: Peter Janzow on the Digital Credential Revolution

[…] This Episode: Peter Janzow Winterlake Press Pearson VUE Credly ACE/Credly Working Transcript Project Twitter @Credly Twitter @PJanzow For more see: Leading the Show What You Know Revolution: Digital Credentials From Credly How the Micro-Credential Revolution is Transforming Professional Learning Podcast: Iveta Brigis on Talent Development Show What You Know: A Landscape Analysis of Competency-Based Education

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Competency-Based Education

Laurie Gagnon and Cory Henwood on Learner Records and Next Gen Credentialing

[…] publications from the Aurora Institute: Next Generation Credentials and Work-Based Learning Policy.  Also, as an example of states moving forward, to help advance innovations in its Personalized, Competency-Based Learning (PCBL) pilot program, Utah has partnered with the Mastery Transcript Consortium to provide the learner record and resources to schools and districts making the shift.  We’re […]

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