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Rudenstine, Antonia; Schaef, Sydney; Bacallao, Dixie; Hakani, Sarah – iNACOL, 2018
At the heart of a mature competency-based learning system lies a fundamental commitment to meeting all students where they are. This monograph explores three driving questions that open the door to a discussion of the relational, pedagogical and structural dimensions of meeting students where they are: (1) How do we know where students are? (2)…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Strategies, Best Practices, Educational Change
Pleau, Andrea R. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
This study was designed to examine adolescents' attitudes towards virtual schooling. Virtual schooling may be defined as any public or private organization that delivers instruction via the Internet. The rationale for this study is based on the increased number of adolescents opting to complete some or all of their secondary education through…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Electronic Learning, Online Courses, Student Motivation
Moeller, Babette; Reitzes, Tim – Education Development Center, Inc., 2011
To learn more about how technology could enhance student-centered learning, Education Development Center (EDC) examined current research literature as well as practice and policy-related reports. This research was enriched by collaboration with EDC colleagues who have expertise on this subject as well as interviews with educators at selected…
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Change, Student Centered Curriculum
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Greenway, Randall; Vanourek, Gregg – Education Next, 2006
There is no doubt that the Internet has made a profound effect on everyone's lives. It has also begun to liberate education from the confines of traditional time and space. The first incarnation of what everyone think of as K-12 virtual school appears to have been launched in the summer of 1995, with the CyberSchool Project in Eugene, Oregon.…
Descriptors: Flexible Scheduling, Internet, Independent Study, Elementary Secondary Education
Gausman, Chester H. – 1978
Individualized, self-paced instruction and an open-entry-open-exit calendar have several advantages which help to overcome the restraints that may modify equal educational opportunity at small, rural colleges. These restraints include limited resources of students, distance from campus, effects of agriculturally-related occupations on student…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Flexible Scheduling
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1983
One way for colleges to meet the demand for a wider range of learning opportunities for adults in Great Britain is to provide more flexibility within the further education system. The concept of flexible learning involves the modification of delivery systems, specific providing agencies, target populations, specific determinants such as geographic…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Case Studies, Change Strategies