Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures. Open digital badges. The new problem we have created is a dramatic increase in student anxiety.

EdTech 161

EdTech iPad Chromebook Industry 161

Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

Several sessions focused on how alternative credentials, such as digital badges and new features of social-media platforms like LinkedIn, would become an important new currency for signaling personal achievement. Few were predicting, however, that new certifications or badges would eliminate the value of a college degree.

Company 28

Company Digital Badges Secondary Conference 28

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Or it will raise a bunch of venture capital to support its “free” offering for a while, and then the company will get acquired and the product will go away. And “free” doesn’t last. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

.” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. Code.org is backed by a long list of technology companies – from AT&T to Amazon to Facebook to Google to Verizon. Bootcamp or Bust.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59