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10 Elements of Next-Generation Higher Education
Next-gen higher education systems will share 10 elements resulting in broader access, stackable credits/credentials, and higher completion rates.
Consortium Points the Way on Proficiency-Based Learning
"David is a great resource for our region," said Nick Donohoe of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, NESSC's primary benefactor. "He has a forward-thinking view of where learning needs to go, related to policies and assessment in particular," and he's particularly good at "summarizing 'edu-ese' for state legislators and local school leaders."
10 Elements of Next-Generation K-12 Systems
Next generation systems--across a state or region--will share ten elements: goals, standards, a focus on personalized learning, assessments, talent development, authorizing, data systems, accountability, funding, connections, and supports.
“Keep Your 3, I Want My A”: What’s Up With Standards-Based Grading?
Traditional grading systems are inconsistent, subjective, more about effort than outcomes, and not closely linked to the big goal of college and career readiness. Standards-based grading is an effort to provide more accurate feedback on what students know and can do; it allows students to progress based on demonstrated mastery.
Disrupting the Space-Time Continuum: Competency-based Learning Explained
Competency-based learning allows students to circumvent the accumulation of excessive and often-wasted credits simply for the sake of fulfilling (what many believe to be) an arbitrarily defined term of study along the aforementioned continuum.
10 Design Choices of Competency-Based Schools
The shift from time to learning changes everything. Most obviously it changes how students move through an education system and earn credentials. But it also changes how learning opportunities are structured and supported by educators.
Preparing Teachers for Deeper Learning
A system of teacher development linked to the needs of hiring entities that awarded licenses based on demonstrated competence would provide personalized development pathways for teachers and ensure well-trained teachers for schools.
Preparing School Leaders
It's exciting and encouraging to see some of the folks training high performing leaders thinking about blended personalized learning for leaders--not just students. It suggests the potential for more efficient and effective replacements for the system of courses, credits, and credentials. However, enacting these ten attributes at scale would require new state policies governing licensure.
Using Badges to Quantify Learning at UC Davis
Joanna Normoyle is the Experiential and Digital Media Learning Coordinator for the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis. Her badge concept won an award in the fourth Digital Media and Learning competition, and she has been working on building it out for the last two years.
Student Resource: Earning College Credit in High School
Onlinedegrees.org shares 7 ways to earn college credit while still attending high school.