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Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions

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Patent and Trademark Office granted two patents last year for creating, managing and tracking digital credentials, it raised new questions and concerns among a community of innovators who are trying to create an open platform for rethinking credentials. Much of the funding came from grants from the MacArthur Foundation.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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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. peaked in 2011 and is currently declining. According to some measures , adult higher ed enrollment in the U.S.

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How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

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So when she developed Read Ahead , a tool to transform any digital text into a guided reading activity in seconds, her thoughts went to patenting it. “I A research colleague and I conducted a study using these PowerPoints in 2011 and found that our method worked. Who Owns Digital Badges? Moyles IP, (Roxanne's legal team).

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Can Micro-credentials Create More Meaningful Professional Development For Teachers?

MindShift

School districts spend a lot of money on trainings for educators, but the returns on that investment are not always clear. While educators around the country are slowly adopting various approaches that allow them to better differentiate learning for students, the same is rarely true for the adult learners in the system.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Good for you. But that’s not my job.

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