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Micro-credentials 101 – Workshop Resources

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What’s all the fuss about micro-credentials and digital badging? Nellie Mae White Paper – Digital Badging and Micro-Credentialing. Digital Promise & Educator Micro-credentials. Digital Promise Educator Micro-credentials. Digital Promise Home. What are they and how do I earn them?

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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?

Education with Technology

tuttle, https://eduwithtechn.wordpress.com/2007/02/09/classroom-grades-dont-reflect-student-learning/ ). Does an “A” in Mrs. Brown’s 7th grade English class in Roxo Middle School equal an “A” in Mr. Cooper’s 7th grade English class in the same school?

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

Last updated in 2007, the international standards body has defined a data model for describing, referencing, and sharing competency definitions, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. Bridge International Academies was founded in 2007, promising to bring quality education to parts of the Global South.

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