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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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To start off, it’s worth thinking back to 2016. And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google. The number of open badges awarded nearly doubled from 24 million in 2018 to 43 million in 2020.

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Why I’m Optimistic About the Next Wave of Education Technology

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Over the past 25 years, multiple waves of education technology and innovation have slowly washed into America’s schools and colleges. But during that same fifteen-year period, we also witnessed the birth and growth of highly influential firms like Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tencent and Alibaba. Not yet convinced?

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A Bootcamp Down Under: Trilogy Education Extends University Tech Training Globally

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As technology companies from Google to Salesforce plant roots in Australia, government and business leaders down under are trying to figure out ways to train students and workers to keep up with a changing workforce. company thinks it can help prepare the country’s future programmers.

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Educational Leadership for Social Good

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An early adopter of iPads Jennifer remains dedicated to using technology in schools for a social purpose. She has aligned her recent work with the Sustainable Development Goals produced by the United Nations in 2015 (as an agenda for moving forward to 2030). Check out Jen’s website [link] for more ideas, resources and inspiration.

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The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Issue a Press Release

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This is the last public talk I’ll deliver in 2016, and I confess I am relieved (I am exhausted!) I pick ten trends and themes in order to closely at the recent past, the near-term history of education technology. Either way. as well as honored to be here. But when I finish this talk, my work for the year isn’t done.

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3 Things Great Teachers Do

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They support single sign-on with Google and Clever. He is a 2016 Global Teacher Prize Top Ten Winner. Joe: Well, I’m excited, because I look out at the world, and we have – UNESCO says, by 2030, we have a teacher shortage of 25.8 In 2016, he was recognized as a Top 10 Finalist for the Global Teacher Prize. Listen Now.

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Change Agents: Tech & Learning?s Most Influential People in EdTech In 2018

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Hoth is cofounder and president of Students Speak Up (SSU), a nonprofit formed through the power of technology to promote civic engagement among youth to empower them to speak up to change gun laws. His generation, Hoth says, has “used technology and underestimation to our advantage. We just can’t wait,” she says.

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