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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

Edsurge

Lest 2020 be forgot and never brought to mind—a hope more than a few of us hold—existing trends that accelerated during the pandemic will continue in 2021. In response to layoffs and demand spikes, companies across every industry made updates to their technology and processes.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

Higher Education (HE) has significantly lagged behind other industries on the road to digitization. However, the events of 2020 have put HE on a fast track to digital adoption. Digital credentials. The alternative to four-year degrees comes in the form of digital credentials. Artificial Intelligence.

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

Edsurge

. • 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. Digital credentialing platform Credly reports that the number of organizations issuing industry and workforce credentials is up 83 percent since the pandemic.

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Digital Skills Make a Difference for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

The number of middle-skill jobs that require digital skills continues to grow. Last fall, in an effort to address this gap, Facebook pledged to train 3,000 Michiganders in digital skills by 2020 through the Digital Skills Micro-credential program created in partnership with Digital Promise.

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Spotlight on Professional Learning Funding During and After COVID

edWeb.net

As educators and industry partners look ahead to the 2020-21 school year, they’re examining the impact of the pandemic and the potential transformation of all aspects of K-12 education. Highlights from the Simba PreK-12 Professional Learning Market 2020 Report. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. Join the Community.

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AWS Power Hour: Cloud Practitioner

eSchool News

Why not attend AWS re:Invent (virtually) with industry validated cloud skills? Beginning the week of October 12, 2020, join us for AWS Power Hour: Cloud Practitioner , the newest Twitch series from AWS Training and Certification. You don’t have to attend AWS re:Invent 2020 to participate, but we hope you do!

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Put simply, the short-lived recession of 2020 has given way to a massive shortage of workers and skills in 2021–and placed talent strategy and human capital back at the top of corporations’ strategic agendas. And employers are competing to attract and retain employees in what is being called a “ war for talent. ”

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