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 webinar for the
October 14, 2015
Archives: CompetencyWorks
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 stopped taking notes.
October 13, 2015
Understanding Variation in Higher Ed CBE
A week ago, I had the opportunity to attend CBExchange – a convening of hundreds of representatives of institutions of
October 12, 2015
Buyers Beware
I am getting a bit frustrated with information management systems that claim to be competency-based. They describe themselves in a
October 7, 2015
Update from Iowa
Thanks to Sandra Dop at the Department of Education for helping me understand how competency education is developing in Iowa.
October 6, 2015
Why Making Meaning Matters for Student Ownership
This post originally appeared at Getting Smart on September 12, 2015. This weekend I decided to make empanadas. I looked
October 5, 2015
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 because it can
October 1, 2015
CBE – Making It Work With Employers
Given the emphasis on competency-based education (CBE) as a way to meet the demands of employers, what are some ideas
October 1, 2015
Going BIG in Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids is only twenty minutes down the road from Iowa City, a center of the educational curriculum and assessment
September 30, 2015
Education Re-Imagined
Convergence, a national organization tackling big social issues, released a fantastic report titled Education Re-Imagined today. The report “seeks to accelerate the
September 29, 2015