Edsurge
OCTOBER 23, 2018
Born in 2015 out of a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation , LRNG has reached 55,000 students in 19 cities with its digital badges and community-focused employment programs. Think about it as a WeWork for education,” he suggests, referring to the technology startup that provides shared workspaces for professionals.
Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2019
Doug Belshaw, who is involved in Open Badges and now works for Moodle, asked why it was in Credly’s interest to hold the patents, and mentioned a recent decision by Microsoft to transfer some of its patents to what he called “community ownership.” Why not do something like that with the credentials patents, he asked?
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Edsurge
JANUARY 5, 2021
Their predictions revolve around the continued acceleration of the use of technology in education and work, an increased reliance on educational offerings that are lower cost and more convenient, and a further crumbling of the false dichotomy between short-term credentials and full degrees. Here’s how it breaks down: 1.
The CoolCatTeacher
OCTOBER 11, 2017
Just having those icons up there at the top of the toolbar as places for them to reference. How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I was so inspired!
Edsurge
FEBRUARY 10, 2018
Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is now a buzzword in nearly every industry ranging from financing to healthcare. And lately, the topic has made its way into discussions around digital credentials in higher education. What’s the hype? What are the risks?
Edsurge
JULY 14, 2018
The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work. These standards have been traditionally published only as human-readable documents, such as PDFs, that can’t be used directly by education technology tools. K-12 learners.
MindShift
JUNE 29, 2015
In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. This macro trend to shake up typical ways of schooling is opening new opportunities for technology to play an even bigger role in education.
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