Teacher Reboot Camp
OCTOBER 23, 2017
Noah Geisel, @SenorG , is the first person who really taught me about the potential micro-credentials and digital badges have to motivate learners to achieve great things throughout their lives. I had used badges for my online learning conferences, but hadn’t quite used badges with students, yet.
Teacher Reboot Camp
JUNE 24, 2017
Below, watch the live video interviews baby Savvy conducted with Noah Geisel and Derek Larson who talk about why digital badges and #PassTheScopeEDU. He talked about digital badging and the Finnish education system. Noah Geisel: Why Digital Badges? Shelly Sanchez (@ShellTerrell) June 24, 2017.
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Edsurge
MARCH 12, 2019
What the badges community built, she argues, should count as “prior art” (that's patent language for proof that an idea someone is trying to claim is not actually new). Originally, the curriculum and textbook giant Pearson filed for the pair of patents in 2017, on behalf of the online credential product it made at the time called Acclaim.
Digital Promise
JANUARY 27, 2022
Though an estimated one-third of US workers across industries and occupations would benefit from developing digital skills—particularly among workers of color —fewer than 10 percent of people who need digital skills training and support are able to access education services due to longstanding systemic inequities.
A Principal's Reflections
MARCH 4, 2018
Tom Murray and I have watched many book studies and Twitter chats unfold since the release of the book in June of 2017. In addition to the digital badge awarded at the end of the course, once all requirements have been met we can also send a signed certificate of completion.
Edsurge
NOVEMBER 3, 2023
Digital badges, microcredentials and digital credentials… What sets them apart, or are they synonymous? One of the original concepts of microcredentials came from Mozilla’s drive for open recognition of skills through badges. 1EdTech inherited Open Badges from Mozilla in 2017.
Edsurge
MARCH 9, 2020
She believes the incentive system can help children develop positive habits around taking care of themselves and a household, and that learning how to manage and spend points can build skills related to financial literacy. Future features on the product roadmap include digital badges and reports on children’s behavior measured by the app.
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