Making the Transition: 150 Years in the Making
Prior to moving into the nitty-gritty of competency writing, I would like to preface with a couple of…
Competency Education at the Education Innovation Summit
I was lucky to get to go to the Education Innovation Summit. They’ve just uploaded video of…
10 Elements Towards Eliminating the Batch-Print System
Competency-based learning (or standards-based or performance-based if you will) is based on two important ideas: Students should…
More on Competency-Based Learning
Last month I joined a panel of colleagues at Arizona State University’s Education Innovation Summit to discuss…
Art and Science of Designing Competencies
Greetings everyone! We just wanted to let you know about our first working paper — the working…
Autonomy, Apples, and Oranges
What have you learned about how to work with districts in introducing competency-based schools–and what district leaders…
Welcome to CompetencyWorks: Why We are Here
Over the last two years, I have been on a journey to try to make right what…
What Does it All Mean? Part 2
In a continuation from yesterday’s post, I’ll be outlining some basic definitions for the lexicon of online learning….
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Courses (v2)
This report provides states, districts, online programs, and other organizations with a set of quality guidelines for: Online…
iNACOL National Standards for Quality Online Teaching (v2)
This report provides states, districts, online programs, and other organizations with a set of quality guidelines for online…