Shining the Competency Education Light on Education in the Time of COVID-19
COVID-19 has created the conditions for a radical transformation in our schools. Chris discusses how personalized, mastery-based, competency, and proficiency-based approaches help teachers and schools.
From Pandemic to Possibility: Now is the Time to Consider Competency-Based Education
By: B. Owens & J. Lee. The inequities exposed by the pandemic have forced educators to rethink their learning plan. Competency-based learning is helping to meet the needs of all students.
Smart List: Learning Platforms
The Getting Smart Staff shares an updated non-comprehensive list of platforms.
A Platform to Support Competency-Based PBL
It’s hard to support and manage project-based learning in a competency-based environment. In this post, Erik Day shares a look at a platform designed to help.
The Trail to Recovery: Addressing Learning Gaps Through Project-Based Learning
Teachers need to address COVID-caused learning gaps through pedagogical approaches associated with high-quality project-based learning.
Building Rural Learning Pathways to Strengthen the Future of Community
By integrating dual enrollment, credentials and CTE, high school students are better able to graduate with college credit and viable credentialed experiences to support entry into the postsecondary workforce.
Successful Play-Based Learning in Virtual Environments
Michael shares how play-based learning can be facilitated successfully in virtual learning environments.
Project-Based Learning Revolution: Principal’s New Book is a Call to Action
Michael shares how one Principal calls for a PBL revolution one school at a time with new research and an experience-based DIY book.
How Systems And States Can Encourage More And Better Project-Based Learning
States and school systems can and should support learning that inspires, engages, and empowers learners through project-based learning.
TOPOnexus: Bringing Back Wonder and Whoa!
Getting learners out the door to explore their own “backyard” can be a powerful first step in creating community change. Wonder, whoa and the Arc of Action can be used as tools to shift from a checklist to a learner-centered approach.