World" Grants to 24 Colleges and Universities College for America’s Motivis Learning Managing Competency- Based Learning Boston Celtics Announce Partnership with Southern New Hampshire University Blazing the Trail: Competency-Based Education at SNHU On Campus or Online: SNHU is About Providing Access to a College Degree SNHU’s $10K Bachelor’s Degree = Rethinking Higher Ed SNHU’s Online Enrollment Is Soaring, Just Don’t Compare It To a For-Profit SNHU Wins Educational Advertising Awards Winners
the World” grant from U.S. Department of Education INNOVATION ECONOMY Attracting, and keeping, online students New Hampshire Business Review Names SNHU “Best of Business 2014” The Amazon of Higher Education: How tiny, struggling Southern New Hampshire University has become a behemoth SNHU Named a “Best Buy” for Online Leadership Program SNHU is Once Again Honored as Top Military-Friendly School National Champions
perilous to conduct, than to take a lead in the introduction of a new order of things, because the innovation has for enemies all those who have done well under the old conditions and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well under the new.” -Nicolo Machiavelli, The Prince
to invent a different future for the student? Fast, test and learn, disruptive Discipline, Focus Characteristics: Measures: Consistent & incremental improvements Creativity, fast failures, breakthrough improvements Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation School of Education
Online •Photo credit : Amber Mayhem "The concept of an 'average American' is gone, forever. The average American has been replaced by a complex, multidimensional society that defies simplistic labeling.” - demographics expert Peter Francese
it shouldn’t matter how the person got there or what school they attended. At that point, traditional education’s monopoly on delivery would end and America would see a myriad of new models and providers of education. Kwela Sabine Hermanns, “The Great Shift: Moving from Inputs to Outputs”
/ Blended / Online Learning/ Traditional Competency Based Certificates and Degrees for Educators Teacher Voice and Aspirations International Center Student Centered Instruction 1. Learning is Personalized 2. Learning is Competency-Based 3. Learning Takes Place Anytime, Anywhere 4. Students Exert Ownership Over Their Learning Thinking Schools, DI Team, Community of Practice Thinking Maps Governing Board: Russ Quaglia, Chair Peter DeWitt Brian Connelly Lisa Kinnaman Ray McNulty Lisa Shaw Advisory Board: Gavin Dykes (England) Michael Fullan (Canada) John Hattie (Australia) Sarah Martin (New Zealand) Andreas Schleicher (France) Center for Innovative Practices in Education Competency Based Education 1,000 mentors and Manchester- Based Classroom Gaming / Learner LTS / Stride Academy Partnership
States Advanced States Developing States Emerging States Innovation Lab Network States No Policies in Competency Education Source. A K-12 Federal Policy Framework for Competency Education: Building Capacity for Systems Change. (CompetencyWorks Issue Brief, February 2014)
• Major Leaps in Learning Sciences • The Drive Toward Personalization • Economic Pressure on Our Traditional Delivery Model • Widespread Dissatisfaction with the Status Quo
How can we get better? What ideas do I have? What can I try that may show promise? “NEXT PRACTICES” Disciplines: Operating Excellence Innovation Best Practices
get better? What ideas do I have? What can I try that may show promise? THE NEXT PRACTICE BECOMES THE NEW BEST PRACTICE We Must Make Progress on Two Important, Yet Divergent Disciplines
or textbook has come to mean achievement • Listening to lecture has come to mean understanding • Getting a high score on a standardized test has come to mean proficiency
memory • Engagement, not simply transmission • Inquiry, not only compliance • Exploration, not just acquisition • Personalization, not simply uniformity • Collaboration, not only competition • Trust, not fear
about productive learning, “students wanting to learn more” then it suggests a transfer of power over the learning from the teacher to the student. RISE OF THE SELF-LEARNER School of Education