There’s a landscape where the individual is front and center in learning, as in Todd Rose’s world, which includes his concerns that we haven’t thought through how to change this:
We’re trying to have a system to do what it was never designed to do.
And there’s the system itself trying to change and adapt. One of the way learning systems are understood is by whether they conform to rubrics, such as the “Quality Matters” standards. The Online Learning Consortium recently participated in a federal Dept of Education sponsored workshop on innovation in quality assurance.
This meeting also provided some insights into the Department of Education’s pilot program Education Quality through Innovative Programs (EQUIP) announced in October 2015.
So, at the huge macro level where systems are designed by huge institutions, a process is underway that, in a perfect world, would adequately address Mr. Rose’s concerns about supporting the individual learner.
However, the vague assertions of a useful process seem to lack specific mentions of dynamic change in the offing. Perhaps it is more an example of why change is so hard to accomplish in bureaucracies. (see following post on Federal Register)
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