Educational Technology

October 14, 2013

Where’s the teacher? Online college debuts self-paced courses

Filed under: Educational Technology — admin @ 12:28 am

by: MAURA LERNER, Star Tribune

Imagine a college program where there’s no required reading or weekly assignments. Where teachers no longer teach class or hand out grades. Welcome to FlexPath, a new twist in online education, which is making its debut in October at Capella University in Minneapolis. The program, one of the first of its kind in the country, is built entirely around the idea that people should be able to earn a degree by proving what they know, not by sitting in class. It’s part of a trend called “competency-based” education, which is putting a provocative new spin on what it means to go to college.

http://www.victoriaadvocate.com/news/2013/oct/05/vc_online_courses_100613_221531/?features

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