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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative works to expand equitable access to the digital skills, tools, and credentials that people need to succeed in today’s changing economy. In 2017, we partnered with Facebook (now Meta) to design four training modules and micro-credentials in social media marketing.

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3 Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

Making it to the top for the first time is a post that looks at ways that teachers who receive certifications / micro-credentials are showing off their digital badges. It shares the insights colleagues and I came up with at EduConn 2017 when discussing the role of the teacher in the age of Google.

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3 Hottest Posts Everyone's Reading

The Innovative Educator

Feb 15, 2017, 963 Did Warren Buffett Really Asked You To Forward His. Feb 12, 2017, 578 5 Ways to Show Off Your Digital Badges Feb 8, 2017, 196 If any of these posts are of interest, check em out and share with others using the buttons below on Twitter, Facebook, email or whichever platform you like best.

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TONS of #ISTE17 Pro Tips, Resources, & Events (including #NOTATISTE)!

EdTechnocation.com

My passion is sharing , and so I'll be doing a lot of that at ISTE 2017! And in between all that, I'll be broadcasting LIVE on Periscope and Facebook with 360° video! Follow me on Twitter ( @EdTechnocation ), Periscope , and Facebook ( EdTechnocation ) and turn on notifications so you know when I'm live! Find me at ISTE!

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Sketch 50: Join the movement!

EdTechTeam

Lindsey Blass & Cate Tolnai SAN JOSE, April 4, 2017 -- Across the world, educators and students are uniting with one simple goal: to complete and share one drawing a day. EDUsketchers and Doodlers Join the #Sketch50 Movement ! It all started with an email titled, “I have an idea :).”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. In 2017, just a week before Christmas, the New Media Consortium abruptly announced its immediate closure “because of apparent errors and omissions by its former Controller and Chief Financial Officer.” Good for you. with Pigeons.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” ” Not sure how popular Facebook and Summit Public Schools ’ “personalized learning” platform is, for what it’s worth. This year: “come to class,” the instructor says.