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3 Core aspects of a personalized learning platform

Neo LMS

The availability of AI technologies, machine learning, robotics and so on is happening much faster than people might expect. The pixie dust tying everything together: Competencies. The one key thing that ties learning goals, recommendations and assessments together is the concept of competencies.

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To Jeff Bezos: 7 Suggestions for Enhancing Preschool Education, From a Former Montessori Teacher

Edsurge

Maria Montessori created a curriculum for individualized, competency-based learning a century before any of these terms became buzzwords. I am pretty sure if Maria were alive today, she too would love this cute wooden robot. Luckily, this is a great fit for the project-based nature of the Montessori class.

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K-12 Educators and Administrators: Share Your Ed-tech Pilot Approach

Digital Promise

And the programs don’t come with the kind of data our teachers want for the competency-based learning approach we’re taking. We believe our middle school students are ready for more complex projects, including using simulations which require students to program robots to solve challenges. ” Jerry Snow.

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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

Edsurge

In one study , students were not told which of their teaching assistants were humans and which were robots—and findings suggested students struggled to differentiate the two. (I But students need to know, from the beginning, that this personal assistant is a robot and that their instructor is a human.

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What Happens When Students Work at Their Own Pace

Digital Promise

For the 2014-15 school year, Piedmont Middle School, in rural northeast Alabama, reimagined how its students learn by letting them progress based on their mastery of skills and standards. Students take computer programming, robotics, and foreign language courses that, until recently, weren’t offered.

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How AR and VR Prepare Students for Jobs of the Future (and Save Districts Money)

Edsurge

The same could be said with the robotics pieces and parts—before they would often disappear and vanish. Now, I can have a student practice building his robot four or five times and then go really put it together. Now, I can have a student practice building his robot four or five times and then go really put it together.

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What Happens When Students Work at Their Own Pace

Educator Innovator

Schools wanting to adopt competency-based learning may have a challenging time doing so due to inconsistent policies nationwide and very few models to follow. Students take computer programming, robotics, and foreign language courses that, until recently, weren’t offered.” ” By Jason Tomassini.