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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

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Oberlin College, for example, with its motto of “Learning and Labor,” requires students during each month-long “ winter term ” to pursue growth opportunities outside the traditional classroom, such as internships, research, or other projects. One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.”

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

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Performance Assessment in the Virtual Classroom. Emerging Trends & Technologies in the Virtual K-12 Classroom. IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. Digital Badge: Rockets to the Rescue! Cooper Union via edX.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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Working adults are self-directed, bring experience into the classroom and prefer learning that is practical and problem-centered. Signature examples of this trend include Walmart’s Live Better U program , Starbucks’ College Achievement Plan and Amazon’s Career Choice program.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

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Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. ” The Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow has been in trouble with Ohio about how it reports attendance. “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein.

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What I Learned On My ‘Secret Sabbatical’ As a Scholar-in-Residence at a Private Company

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The public sabbatical, the one that I proposed to my university and to Steelcase, centers around being on-site at Steelcase headquarters in Grand Rapids, conducting research on active learning and active learning classrooms and communicating that research to Steelcase audiences and customers. Except, it won't be just like before.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. ” Try learning styles, maybe.

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