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How to Assess Digital Literacy

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Digital Literacy Assessment from Learning.com — This assessment is both diagnostic and actionable. It provides practical insight into how well students comprehend digital literacy skills in relation to the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students. NorthstarDigLit.

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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

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Department of Education data, out of the thousands of institutions operating online programs, the 100 colleges and universities with the greatest online enrollment accounted for 47 percent of all online students in 2016, up from a 43 percent share in 2012.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

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 went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Monday Is Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC! Recordings of any sessions that have taken place will accessible on the conference recordings page , usually within a few minutes after a session has ended.

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2016 Global Education Conference - Monday Is Day Two!

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

If you reach a total of 300 points, you will be eligible for a special digital badge and a personalized certificate of participation from the GEC! Recordings of any sessions that have taken place will accessible on the conference recordings page , usually within a few minutes after a session has ended.

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Teaching in the Era of Bots: Students Need Humans Now More Than Ever

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A 2016 study linked interpersonal communications with higher grades in online community college classes. But when access-oriented institutions begin to imagine how online education may be used to scale higher education and reach new student populations , relationships must remain at the core.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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These devices accelerated the unbundling of content so that students can directly access leveled news articles on Newsela, or their favorite book on Epic. That doesn’t mean every student has access to a device all the time. Open digital badges. Now schools can generally afford and support the devices they need.

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