higher education

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Flipping the College Decision-Making Paradigm

Guest Author

Nov 3, 2015

By: Dr. Diane Hollems. Students at more than 100 schools throughout the nation are flipping the college decision-making paradigm through the Get Focused…Stay Focused! (GFSF) Initiative.

Personalized Learning

Next Generation K-12: 10 Implications for HigherEd

Tom Vander Ark

Oct 29, 2015

HigherEd institutions will need to enable a bundled multi-provider experience (or risk becoming part-time providers), focus on employability skills and experiences, and take learner experience much more seriously.

Personalized Learning

Smart List: 25 HigherEd Innovators

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 28, 2015

For the 3rd Annual Smart Lists, we’re recognizing platforms, programs and organizations leading the effort in making college possible for all students.

Difference Making

Getting Smart Podcast | GenDIY: Emerging Options for Students Navigating Life

tyler

Oct 27, 2015

We unpack the realization that many students don’t know what they want to do, and don't know how to figure out what’s available with emerging strategies, platforms and supports that are available for students navigating heavy decisions.

Personalized Learning

As College ROI dips, College and Career Readiness Couldn’t be more Important

Katie Vander Ark

Oct 21, 2015

New reports from Instructure and New Tech Network outline the vast postsecondary options and tools offered to prepare students for college and career.

Difference Making

America: Abandon Your Reverence for the Bachelor’s Degree

Guest Author

Oct 17, 2015

By: Mary Alice McCarthy. The stories of how two nephews navigated heavy HigherEd decisions, and how the postsecondary landscape is changing by innovations like the Bachelor's of applied science options.

Innov8

EdTech 10: 3rd Annual Smart List Series

Getting Smart Staff

Oct 14, 2015

In the spirit of the Smart List series here are this week’s top 10 news stories. The 3rd Annual Smart List series is off an running. During October and November you’ll see around 20 ‘Best of’ lists.

Personalized Learning

The Liberal Arts Have a Bright Future in Competency-Based Learning

Guest Author

Oct 5, 2015

By: Michael Horn. Although competency-based learning in higher education is arising based on the need for more affordable programs that prepare students for the workforce, by no means is competency-based learning inherently synonymous with the demise of the liberal arts.

Personalized Learning

4 Essential Competency-Based Education Commitments for HigherEd Leaders

Guest Author

Oct 4, 2015

If higher education institutions can remain focused on these core commitments, then competency-based education can make a substantive contribution to improving the quality of education, access for those not well served by traditional models, and building a closer relationship with employers and improved employability for graduates.

Personalized Learning

Data, Technology, and the Great Unbundling of Higher Education

Guest Author

Oct 2, 2015

By: Ryan Craig & Allison Williams. Colleges and universities must address several critical issues in the years ahead in order to prepare for the next seismic change: the unbundling of higher education.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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