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Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data

Edsurge

The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift toward digital HR. Today, new technologies are reshaping employers’ talent strategies and hiring processes, including the growing use of AI-based recruitment tools, skills assessments and internal talent marketplaces.

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How Microcredentials Help Educators Develop New Tech Skills

EdTech Magazine

Also known as digital badges, these tools are increasingly used to improve student focus as well as provide a means to incentivize teachers to complete new disciplines. The digital option with microcredentials gives educators the flexibility of learning approach ,” Cator adds. “As Reinforce the Need for Digital Expertise.

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Four Signs It’s Time for Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Enter micro-credentials : competency-based recognition for educator learning that is supported by digital badges. That’s why many schools are moving toward a competency-based approach, adopting performance assessments that require students to demonstrate their competence by creating and defending portfolios.

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STEAM Up Learning Outdoors! 15+ Ideas to Try Now or this Summer!

Teacher Reboot Camp

The main assessments for schools are multiple choice tests, which punish learners if they don’t choose the right answer provided from a list of narrow options. Students can document their observations using the iNaturalist iOS/Android app. One reason is too many curriculums encourage learners to produce answers.

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The Best Teacher Tips and Lesson Ideas of 2021

Shake Up Learning

27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom. In this post and podcast episode, you will find 27 Formative Assessment Tools for Your Classroom! This list has a wide variety of features and options to help you solidify your formative assessment strategies! Digital Badges in the Classroom (What, When, & How).

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Issuing Micro-Credentials to Your Teachers Can Reward Competency

Edthena

Micro-credentials are an emerging method for helping teachers document their professional learning. They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. How do micro-credentials work as part of ongoing coaching?

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. Today’s Sponsor: WriQ from Texthelp is a new FREE Add-on for Google Docs that helps teachers easily assess student writing and track progress over time by automatically scoring students’ spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors.

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