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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.” As those hiring methods go digital, they could speed adoption of new kinds of microcredentials and digital badges designed to show employers the fine-grained skills achieved during educational programs.

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WHAT’S NEW

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The series provides grade-appropriate literary, science and social studies content and each book contains a text at a higher level with extra support to expedite students’ achievement. LEXIA LEARNING POWERUP LITERACY PROGRAM ( www.lexialearning.com/pr/introducing-lexia-powerup-literacy ) Lexia Learning has released Lexia PowerUp Literacy.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For their part, critics of laptop bans claimed the studies the op-eds frequently cite were flawed, reductive, and out-of-date. These critics argued that laptop bans are ableist and that they disadvantage students who opt to purchase digital textbooks rather than printed ones. They’re distracting others. And on and on and on.

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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.” ” Via Inside Higher Ed : “Study finds that students who deliver microaggressions are also likely to harbor racist attitudes.” ” Daniel Willingham on learning styles.