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Digital Skills Make a Difference for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

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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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. IBM boasted a partnership with the Sesame Workshop to build “ cognitive learning ” apps. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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