Personalized Learning at WGU
Western Governors University uses competency-based education and a student-centered structure to deliver personalized learning at scale.
As CEO of Coursetune, Maria builds intuitive, visual, collaborative software for instructional and curriculum design. After 20 of experience in higher education, Dr. Andersen transitioned into the development of edtech software by developing educational games for learning algebra, working for Instructure (Canvas) leading the course designs for a MOOC platform, and then focusing on the design and development of adaptive learning products for Area9 Labs / McGraw Hill Education. Dr. Andersen has a Ph.D. is in Higher Education Leadership, and she also holds degrees in math, chemistry, business, and biology. You can find Maria online at busynessgirl.com or @busynessgirl on Twitter.
Western Governors University uses competency-based education and a student-centered structure to deliver personalized learning at scale.
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