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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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How Well Do Soft-skill Badges Work for Job Seekers? New Study Aims to Find Out.

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That’s the kind of deeply human attribute employers say they’re looking for in job candidates as companies try to adapt to modern changes in technology and business strategy. Companies want skilled employees, and talented students want jobs. What Do Employers Want? Seems simple enough.

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*Be sure to stop by booth #1734 at ISTE 2019 to find out more about this amazing company!!! This is done through fun and engaging learning games w/ educational portal where teachers can track and monitor student progress, assign educational videos, use a digital badge system, testing, benchmarking, and much much more.

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

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Technology can collect and harness more data than ever before. In education, does technology create just as many problems as it solves? But we’ve learned technology alone does not drive higher achievement. Technology must support and empower better teaching and learning. If so, what new challenges have emerged?

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

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

The fourth annual Global Leadership Summit will be held on Friday, March 15th, 2019 from 8:30 am - 3:30 pm at the Marriott Marquis Chicago at McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. This event is hosted by ASCD and GlobalEd Events. Gray is an educational innovation consultant working with schools, organizations, and corporations.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

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The changing market also sets the stage for the emergence of new types of technology solutions and partnerships. Smaller, Faster, Cheaper Prior to the pandemic, learning in the workplace was already growing to include more technology-enabled “ microlearning ” that was less formal and less structured than traditional training programs.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. Without revenue the company will go away. Predictions that were consistently wrong.)

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