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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

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Not everyone in the #DLNchat community was as enthusiastic about the potential of adaptive learning for CBE. Jeff Grann said, “Adaptive may help tweak, but it’s important to start with building high quality CBE learning experiences that prioritize gains in student learning.”

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

One challenge that persists in mainstream education is how to create truly authentic learning opportunities within the bureaucracy of schools. Professional Development: Another challenge being met in some places is how to incorporate technology into teacher-training programs.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” She’s out with a new book, The New Education: How To Revolutionize the University To Prepare Students for a World in Flux. This year: “come to class,” the instructor says.

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WHAT’S NEW

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CHALK AND WIRE MYMANTL ( www.mymantl.com ) Chalk & Wire announced that its learning recognition network, MyMantl, is now fully available for students, educators, employees and employers. LAUREATE EDUCATION AND IBM DATA SCIENCE DIGITAL CURRICULUM ( www.laureate.net ) & ( www.ibm.com ) Laureate Education, Inc.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. 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. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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