Competency-based Education (CBE)

2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 17:07:50 Z

The 2022 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future.

After the Pivot: Strategic Evolution of Online Education in the Research University

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:37:53 Z

This discussion paper was designed as a resource to assist academic leadership in Big Ten Academic Alliance institutions in evaluating strategic decisions related to the future role of online learning activities at their universities.

2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report^™ | Teaching and Learning Edition

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 17:50:43 Z

The Horizon Report profiles key trends and emerging technologies and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning and envisions a number of scenarios and implications for that future. It is based on the perspectives and expertise of a global panel of leaders from across the higher education landscape.

XR for Teaching and Learning

Tue, 01 Oct 2019 18:32:28 Z

The HP/EDUCAUSE Campus of the Future project is in its second year of investigation into the benefits of augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and 3D scanning and printing technologies for teaching, learning, and research at the institution.

2019 Horizon Report

Wed, 06 Mar 2019 18:08:51 Z

The 2019 Horizon Report details the key trends, significant challenges, and important developments in educational technology, as ranked by an expert panel of higher education IT leaders.

7 Things You Should Read About Competency-Based Education

Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:01:32 Z

CBE allows learners to move at their own pace, spending as much or as little time on each topic as necessary to demonstrate mastery. CBE challenges longstanding models of education while offering the possibility of improved student learning, shorter time to degree, and more transparency for employers.

2017 Horizon Report

Mon, 06 Feb 2017 19:38:30 Z

This 14th edition describes annual findings from the NMC Horizon Project, an ongoing research project designed to identify and describe emerging technologies likely to have an impact on learning, teaching, and creative inquiry in education.

7 Things You Should Know About the 2017 Key Issues in Teaching and Learning

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 20:58:25 Z

Each year since 2011, ELI has surveyed those involved with teaching and learning in higher education to take the pulse of the group about what’s most exciting, pressing, consequential, and relevant.

Adapting to Learn, Learning to Adapt

Thu, 29 Sep 2016 18:01:52 Z

Adaptive, or personalized, learning is becoming the next big thing in online education. By providing each student with a custom, personalized path through courses and tracking both content covered and level of attained mastery, adaptive learning platforms hold great promise for enhancing student learning and success.

Breakthrough Models Academy Team Projects

Tue, 01 Mar 2016 15:50:26 Z

All of the following projects were featured at an EDUCAUSE event as an exemplar of excellent work emerging from the Breakthrough Models Academy.

ELI Webinar: Conducting Research on Blended and Online Education: A Research Toolkit

Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:21:40 Z

A GPS for Breakthrough Model Design: Mapping Your Next Gen School with Intrinsic Schools and Piedmont School District as Guides

Mon, 11 Apr 2016 17:29:34 Z

This toolkit from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) and 2Revolutions is for K-12 district, charter, and school leaders to use as a guide for decision-making in the design and launch of a next generation learning school. By tracing the journeys of two NGLC breakthrough model schools—Piedmont School District and Intrinsic Schools—this toolkit helps educators brainstorm, rally a diverse team of people, create a vision for school design, and explore the details behind specific components of a school’s model.

7 Things You Should Read About Personalized Learning Models

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:53 Z

The topic of personalized learning—along with related concepts such as adaptive learning and competency-based education—has received considerable attention lately, including predictions about imminent changes to higher education.

Getting Smart on Regional Next-Gen School Design

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:02 Z

Published by Getting Smart in partnership with Next Generation Learning Challenges Authored by Sarah Luchs & Tom Vander Ark, with support from NGLC staff and Getting Smart

7 Things You Should Know About Personalized Learning

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:51 Z

The 7 Things You Should Know About... series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies.

Vertus Charter School

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:12 Z

The academic model of this charter high school for boys in Rochester, New York has four pillars: 1) strong relationships, 2) personalized year-round academics, 3) character education, and 4) career preparation.

InnovateEDU: Brooklyn Laboratory Charter School

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:04 Z

The two-page grantee profiles from Next Generation Learning Challenges (NGLC) provide factual information about the secondary school and postsecondary degree program designs awarded grants under NGLC's third and fourth waves of funding, which focused on two areas, "Breakthrough Models for College Readiness" and "Breakthrough Models for College Completion.

Building 21: B21 Philadelphia

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:37:59 Z

Inside Mastery Based High Schools: Profiles and Conversations

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:05 Z

"We began this project to address a need for concrete examples of mastery-based learning in practice."

Piedmont City School District: Piedmont Middle School

Tue, 22 Dec 2015 17:38:07 Z

At Piedmont Middle School, the future for students is changing through relevant, engaging learning opportunities, a school culture filled with hope, and a redesigned teaching and learning environment that utilizes blended learning, project-based learning, and competency-based learning to personalize education.