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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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peaked in 2011 and is currently declining. But one particularly promising solution to engaging adult learners and increasing degree attainment is to more intentionally integrate learning and work. Working adults are self-directed, bring experience into the classroom and prefer learning that is practical and problem-centered.

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How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

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A research colleague and I conducted a study using these PowerPoints in 2011 and found that our method worked. This is when we really learned how wonderful our lawyer was. Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions. Further Reading: In Today's Market, Do Patents Even Matter?

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

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Learning science says people learn best when they apply new information to their own contexts. 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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” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” “The Indiana Department of Education is seeking $4 million in damages from the company that created last year’s problem-plagued ISTEP test. Accreditation and Certification.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning. And “free” doesn’t last.

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