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Tag Archives: programmed instruction
Are MOOCs and Competency-Based Learning on a Collision Course?
Let’s just be clear: Massive Open Online Courseware (MOOC) and Competency-Based Learning (CBL) are not the same thing. They both claim to be “personalized” learning, but that personalization is expressed in completely different ways. In the case of the MOOC, the … Continue reading
Posted in Academics, Technology
Tagged Competency-Based Learning, Distance Learning, Education, education technology, Educational technology, elearning, Higher education, Learning, Massive open online course, Mastery learning, MOOC, programmed instruction, Southern New Hampshire University, Stanford, Teacher, teaching
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Goodbye Teacher
Last week I was reading a blog that discussed different teaching methodologies. One of those methods was Programmed Instruction (PI), a method that was developed by B.F. Skinner. PI dates back to the 1950s when Skinner developed his Teaching Machine. … Continue reading
Posted in Instructional Design, Learner Behavior
Tagged Applied behavior analysis, B.F. Skinner, Behavior Analysis, Columbia University, Education, Fred Keller, fred s keller, Ichabod Crane, Mastery learning, Morse code, personalized system of instruction, PI, programmed instruction, PSI, Signal Corps, World War II
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Bizarro World: Is Algebra Necessary?
I had a whole other post planned for today, but it got bumped because yesterday I, like many of you, read the strangest op/ed piece that I think I’ve ever read in the NY Times. And that’s saying something. In … Continue reading
