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Game On: Teachers Should Continue to Gamify Classrooms

EdTech Magazine

Fri, 09/28/2018 - 15:49. Finally, microcredentials or digital badging are another terrific way to make learning more fun. Digital badging is a tool used in professional development to give teachers tangible goals. It validates their skills by giving them a badge to display. jena.passut_7651.

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9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!

Teacher Reboot Camp

I am excited to announce that after a year collaborating with INTEF (Instituto Nacional de Tecnologías Educativas y de Formación del Profesorado) and the Ministry of Education and Culture in Spain, The Goal Minded Teacher: Challenges to Transform Student Learning ( #EduGoalsMOOC ) free open online course will launch on February 13, 2018.

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Parchment Merges with Credentials Solutions to Take On Transcripts and Certifications

Edsurge

Steering this deal is Brentwood Associates, which acquired a controlling stake in Credential Solutions in 2018. Parchment had raised $66 million in venture funding before the purchase from the likes of Raine Group, GSV Capital, Deborah Quazzo, Novak Biddle Venture Partners, ICG Group and Salmon River Capital.

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Open Badges in Elementary School

The CoolCatTeacher

On April 26, celebrate PowerofEcon on Twitter with Discovery Education, CME Group, and their Econ Essentials Program. To join the celebration, tune into the Twitter chat with me, fellow teachers, and the CME Group’s chief economist on April 26th at noon Eastern Time, using #PowerofEcon. Date: April 17, 2018. Help us understand.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

The teachers worked together to support each other in earning the micro-credentials, helping each other troubleshoot difficult areas, and celebrating when a colleague earned a micro-credential and shared their digital badge. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills. Learn more about our work.

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Education Design Lab announces #TeeUpTheSkills cohort of employers and college partners to test effectiveness of digital credentials

techlearning

WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2018– Education Design Lab (the Lab), a national non-profit leader in the design and implementation of new learning models, announced today that it has accepted seven institutions, each with at least one employer partner, into the first, highly selective # TeeUpTheSkills cohort.

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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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