{"id":86667,"date":"2023-04-20T14:56:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T18:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=86667"},"modified":"2023-04-20T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2023-04-20T19:36:38","slug":"the-end-of-the-carnegie-unit-could-be-a-new-era-for-education-sevak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2023\/04\/20\/the-end-of-the-carnegie-unit-could-be-a-new-era-for-education-sevak\/","title":{"rendered":"The end of the Carnegie Unit?! Could be. “A New Era for Education” [Sevak & Knowles]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A New Era for Education<\/strong><\/a> — from linkedin.com by Amit Sevak, CEO of ETS and Timothy Knowles, President of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching<\/p>\n

Excerpt (emphasis DSC):<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not every day you get to announce a revolution in your sector. But today, we\u2019re doing exactly that. Together, we are setting out to overturn 117 years of educational tradition.
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\n<\/span><\/strong>The fundamental assumption [of the Carnegie Unit] is that time spent in a classroom equals learning. This formula has the virtue of simplicity. Unfortunately, a century of research tells us that it\u2019s woefully inadequate.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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From DSC:
\n<\/span><\/em>It’s more than interesting to think that the Carnegie Unit has outlived its usefulness and is breaking apart. In fact, the thought is very profound. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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If that turns out to be the case, the ramifications will be enormous and we will have the opportunity to radically reinvent\/rethink\/redesign what our lifelong learning ecosystems will look like and provide.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

So I appreciate what Amit and Timothy are saying here and I appreciate their relaying what the new paradigm might look like. It goes with the idea of using design thinking to rethink how we build\/reinvent our learning ecosystems. They assert:<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to change the paradigm. That\u2019s why ETS and the Carnegie Foundation have come together to design a new future of assessment.<\/p>\n