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Motivational Profiles
Mining the combined data from home and school will yield rich and powerful motivational profiles that will power smart recommendation engines--and that's when we'll see the real power of customized learning.
HigherEd Innovation: Reengineer or Replace?
College cost inflation is unsustainable and threatens the US economy. Higher ed is increasingly competing against free anytime anywhere learning.
iNACOL Report: Clearing the Path for Innovation
"Competency-based approaches offer a new value proposition for our education system," according to Susan Patrick, President and CEO of iNACOL.
On Merit Badges
The Common Core creates a great opportunity to rethink school. By defining competency clusters and related groups of assessments, ‘merit badges’ could replace courses, credits and seat time matriculation.
GED Prep Key to Better Job Opportunities for Adult Learners
For millions of dropouts trapped in the service economy, the GED can be an important step toward better employmnet.
Placement Exams: The Hidden Gateway
Placement exams are the hidden gateway in American education. A new partnership may yield a more transparent and aligned system of high school exit and college eligibility.
Report: "Competency" Should Advance Students
New Report Claims “Competency-Based Pathways” as Necessary to Preparing Young People for the 21st Century
States Adding Mandatory Cert for Teaching Online
EdWeek reports that States Eye Standards for Virtual Educators with a byline suggesting “experts say many states and national education groups are behind the curve in addressing the issue of teacher quality for the online classroom.” More specifically, the piece by Ian Quillen and Michelle R. Davis…
Colleges Losing Their ROI
The cost of college is squeezing out the middle class and reducing return on investment; $25k/yr for a string of keggers and lousy lectures is no bargain. Increasing completion will take innovation and private participation.
Refining the Blended Learning Strategy
Next Gen Learning is trying to formalize the blended learning model.