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To Retain College Students, Look to Academic Support and Campus Activities, New Report Finds

Edsurge

To encourage students to take advantage of extracurricular activities that may improve their chances of staying enrolled and complement their classroom learning, the University of Central Oklahoma devised a system that awards digital badges for participation in events and clubs and also compiles evidence for interested future employers.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

Shake Up Learning

Badging Systems. Digital Badging as become a fun way for teachers and students to show off their accomplishments. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom. © Shake Up Learning 2017. See: Copyright Policy. Private Google+ Community. Tips and Tricks. VIP BONUSES!

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Some of her accomplishments included implementing the North Carolina State Board of Education Global Education Action Items: the Global Educator Digital Badge, the Global-Ready Schools and District Implementation Rubrics and Designation Application, and Dual Language/Immersion Program Expansion.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” New: Disclosure forms show top education official Jim Manning previously consulted for student loan org USA Funds [link] pic.twitter.com/LeIW1TwNyV — Annie Waldman (@AnnieWaldman) June 5, 2017. ’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Is the college degree outdated?

The Hechinger Report

Drexel has a new master’s degree for fall, 2017, in Quality, Safety and Risk Management in Healthcare. “We Bob Sheets, professor at George Washington University’s Institute of Public Policy. Credly creates digital badges and stores information about the competencies they represent. Which are meaningful? The cheapest?

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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.” Via the Institute for Women’s Policy Research : “ Single Mothers are 3 Times More Likely to Enroll in For-Profit Colleges than Single Students without Children.”