Shaking Up the Classroom — Wall Street Journal Covers Competency Education
In case you missed it, the Wall Street Journal had a story yesterday on competency education. In…
What’s Homework Got to Do with It?
At Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA), a student-centered, competency-based high school, we host as many as…
Ferdig & Pytash report on research from the 21st century online teaching MOOC
Rick Ferdig and Kristy Pytash of Kent State University and Michigan Virtual University teamed up to offer…
New research article published re: technology-mediated caring in online learning
A new research article by Andrea Velasquez, Charles Graham, and Richard West was published that highlights technology-mediated…
What is Proficiency-Based Grading?
The New England Secondary School Consortium has produced a GREAT resource, What is Proficiency-based Grading? The briefing outlines three elements…
Implementation Insights from Pittsfield School District
(This is the last of a four-part series on Pittsfield: See Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3.) We are on…
Webinar: Research on locus of control in K-12 blended and online learning (Recording link)
In February 2014, iNACOL was honored to have Dr. Susan Lowes of Columbia’s Teachers College present her…
Pittsfield Rethinks Adult Roles
(This is the third part of a series on Pittsfield: See Part 1, Part 2 and Part 4.) One of the…
Hand in Hand: Pittsfield Integrates Personalized Learning and Competency Education
(This is the second in a series about Pittsfield. See Part 1, Part 3 and Part 4.)…
Recent MOOC research (Guest blogger, Research Intern Anuar Andres Lequerica)
Today’s post is by Research Intern Anuar Andres Lequerica who takes a critical look at a Coursera…