Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

And lately, the topic has made its way into discussions around digital credentials in higher education. Blockchain, Komarny explained, could offer one way of verifying those credentials, as well as allowing students to “own” their proof of learning, as opposed to a college’s registrar. What are the risks?

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

These new roles could become the “blue-collar” jobs of the future — the positions that can promise middle-class security without necessarily requiring a traditional higher-education degree. But to train this workforce effectively, we’ll need to change the way we approach education. Future of Learning. Higher Education.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

In 2016, Credential Engine set out to tally all the badges , degrees, certificates, licenses and diplomas available to denote educational attainment. Credential Engine hopes its database will eventually help people discern which credentials offer the most value for personal learning and employment opportunities.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Online community: 60 percent.

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Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

But we also know that for many educators summer is a time to collaborate, try new tools, and come up with ideas. Studies have shown that the gap between what high- and low-income families spend on education enrichment has tripled in the last 40 years. Connecting all these activities are digital badges.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

EDUCATION & TEACHING (29). Powerful Tools for Teaching and Learning: Web 2.0 Foundations of Teaching for Learning 5: Planning for Teaching and Learning. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Instructional Design for Mobile Learning. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry.

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EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

The conversation regarding higher education has never been more heated. Today’s Millennials have different educational needs from those of previous generations. Given this mix of factors, what new models of education should the conversation converge on? One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.”

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Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

The post 20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic] appeared first on Shake Up Learning. Google has opened up Google Classroom to users outside of G Suite for Education. This opens so many doors for teachers, students, and parents to connect, collaborate and learn. Create a Class for Learning Challenges.

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IT Bill

JUNE 2, 2016

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. The inverse relationship between learner autonomy and course structure is important to keep in mind as we design for emerging distance learning models. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. But one particularly promising solution to engaging adult learners and increasing degree attainment is to more intentionally integrate learning and work.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

These trends present great risks in a job market that is already polarized and biased toward knowledge work and technology skills, with growing gaps based on educational attainment. There is growing acknowledgement and new evidence that this situation is worsening equity gaps in the job market and within higher education.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. Big data is coming to education, if it’s not here already. Mitchell L.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Education Politics. “ Ugandan parliament orders Bridge Academy schools closed,” according to Education International. ” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. .” Education in the Courts.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared in front of a Senate subcommittee this week to talk about Trump’s budget proposal. said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Last fall I started my first day on the job as an embedded faculty member with a corporation—as a scholar-in-residence at Steelcase Education. I’ve kept my eyes open, taken a notebook full of notes, and spent time every day processing what I was seeing and speculating about how the best things I saw might function in higher education.

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. National) Education Politics. At the G7 Summit , the countries pledged $3 billion for girls’ education.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Education Politics. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” So that speaks volumes.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

(National) Education Politics. ” Another huge (and awful) deal: Betsy DeVos announced this week that the Department of Education would replace Obama-era guidance on how colleges must protect students from sexual violence and respond to sexual assault claims on campus. Via Inside Higher Ed : “ Education Dept.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

This is part eight of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In previous years, I’ve looked at how education technology is intertwined with narratives about “ skills ,” “ competencies ,” and “ credentialing.” “Lower ed” is far more pervasive.

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

(National) Education Politics. Not so fast , says Doug Levin : “Scant Details, Fuzzy Math in $500 Million Public-Private Computer Science Education Push.” ” Trump has, of course, proposed some $9 billion in funding cuts to the Department of Education, so this is hardly “new money.”

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