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How to Assess Digital Literacy

Ask a Tech Teacher

Of late, the most common question is, “How to I assess student digital literacy?” How do I assess faculty digital literacy so I can teach them what they don’t know?” In the past, I discussed the eight skills required for students to be considered digitally literate. Why assess it?

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Digital Badges Validate Skills for Special Needs Students

edWeb.net

During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers. Many times, though, the problem is also a communication gap.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

One aspect of the education system that is not particularly efficient is the use of time as a measurement of learning — the more hours spent on a subject doesn’t always equate to higher chances of students mastering it. Students then receive personalised recommendations based on their progress and can choose how to be assessed.

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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

RIFLI is also working to increase awareness about the importance of being connected through a partnership with Rhode Island’s public library system. Assessment. This is not the case when assessing its students’ digital literacy levels. “That is what keeps us going over here,” Tashjian told me.

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

Edsurge

Just as colleges and universities have found themselves adapting to this environment in recent years and embracing digital learning, employers are increasingly rethinking their business strategies as technological changes impact how they think about, acquire and develop their employees.

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Four Signs It’s Time for Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

And while teachers are also learning in informal ways, existing systems don’t track or make the most of that growth. . Enter micro-credentials : competency-based recognition for educator learning that is supported by digital badges. 2 – The rise of digital badging.

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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.