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The Still-Evolving Future of University Credentials

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And major companies and industry groups are increasingly getting into the credentialing game, exemplified by firms such as IBM and Google. This skills-based hiring trend has real momentum and is also evidenced in analysis of employer job postings and other data sources.

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The Business of 'Ed-Tech Trends'

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Udemy (skills training): $173 million. Investors in tutoring companies this year included Warbug Pincus, Goldman Sachs, Learn Capital, Y Combinator, the Omidyar Network, Sequoia Capital, TAL Education, Tencent, Google, and of course, the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. Coursera (online education): $210.1 Knewton (adaptive learning): $182.3

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Media Literacy Resources for Classrooms

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Lesson plans and activities Applied Digital Skills (by Google): If you're a Google school, these useful lessons help students use Google tools to create both practical and creative projects. Udemy : This video-based learning site has high-quality courses for just about anything students will need to know.