Company Digital Badges Meeting Policies 
Edsurge
AUGUST 12, 2020
With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?
Edsurge
OCTOBER 31, 2019
In fact, the boom in microcredentials is being fed in large part by major companies—IBM, Google, and Amazon, to name a few—looking to grow their talent pipeline and increase the skill level of current employees. Labor market data company EMSI just made its skills database open source for us all to create better skills maps.
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MindShift
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
As soon as the district instituted the policy, educators were developing ideas for micro-credentials. I think part of the power is giving them a voice in diagnosing and meeting the needs of students,” she said. It has created the most impact of any initiative I’ve ever had in education,” Superintendent Deklotz said.
Hack Education
AUGUST 12, 2016
. “In a sweeping move, the for-profit school chain has been told to lock its doors after parliament demanded it halt operations in response to its failure to meet educational and infrastructure standards.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge.
Edsurge
JUNE 12, 2018
While I was an embedded academic with the company, I played amateur anthropologist to learn all I could about corporate practices. What practices of really effective companies, in which creativity and innovation are important, seem to have the biggest impact? In a great company, everybody assumes responsibility for everything.
Hack Education
JUNE 9, 2017
’s Mumps Outbreak Tells Us About Our Vaccine Policies.” More on for-profit higher ed policies in the for-profit higher ed section below. Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” That’s despite privacy concerns about the company.
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. 3D Printing. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.
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