A recent report from the Clayton Christensen Institute, a San Francisco-based think tank interested in “disruptive innovation,” looks at how blended learning, the combination of learning online and in ...

The traditional approach to formal education ties students to classrooms. Degrees are earned based on accumulated credits, a system developed in 1906 as an attempt to measure how much time a student ...

In New Hampshire, the shift away from an educational system based on "seat time" is well underway. Here's what educators there have learned. The education community felt a jolt in August 2013, when ...

Underlying the shift to blended and student-centered environments is the transition from marking seat time to tracking learning. In competency-based environments, students show what they know and they ...

1. Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS): A La Carte, Enriched Virtual models Most courses are implemented with the A La Carte blended learning model. Students progress through the school at ...

The Utah Education Interim Committee met Wednesday, May 18 to discuss competency-based education in Utah schools. (Bryan Pearson) The Utah Education Interim Committee met on Wednesday, May 18 to ...

Western Governors University is pioneering a new, fast-growing model of education: Competency-based learning. In traditional classrooms, time is fixed and student learning varies. Schools operate ...

In the evolving landscape of education, two prominent learning approaches stand out: Rote Learning and Competency-Based Learning (CBL). While both aim to impart knowledge and skills, their ...

The “competency learning" movement is gaining serious momentum: See the list of schools and districts that are adopting competency learning. But, based on the research literature in the psychology of ...

Our students are coming of age in a world that demands global competency. From economic interdependence to the accelerating effects of climate change and mass migration, students need to develop the ...