Competency-Based and Blended Learning: Friends or Foes?
This post originally appeared at the Christensen Institute on October 6, 2015. Last week, I presented a…
Stop the Nitpicking and Other Things We Are Doing that Are Undermining Our Efforts to Advance Competency-Based Education
“We don’t share the details of our work anymore.” I was more than a bit shocked and…
Student Data Privacy Among Issues Explored at National Blended and Online Learning Symposium
Student data privacy is among the many issues that will be explored this year at iNACOL’s Symposium…
What’s New in K-12 Competency Education?
Ohio department of education released its application to participate in the state’s new Competency-based education pilot program….
Buyers Beware
I am getting a bit frustrated with information management systems that claim to be competency-based. They describe…
What Does a Trip to Moscow Tell Us About the Future of Global Education?
Although my career has spanned working in both higher education and in K-12 education, for more than the…
Why Making Meaning Matters for Student Ownership
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on September 12, 2015. This weekend I decided to make…
Education Reimagined Offers a Transformational Vision for U.S. Education
Today, I am thrilled to share a new vision for transforming education toward student-centered learning. Mostly, I…
Calling All Ideas for Re-Thinking High School
The Super School Project website is super-cool. But I’m always a bit suspicious of the super-cool stuff…
Going BIG in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids is only twenty minutes down the road from Iowa City, a center of the educational…