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Edsurge
AUGUST 12, 2020
Community college has even risen to a key policy point in national and state politics, with politicians touting plans and creating models for “free college ,” which often mean tuition-free options for community college as a pathway to four-year degrees or other credentials. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation?
Marketplace K-12
JUNE 27, 2016
The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Company/vendor: 29 percent.
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EdNews Daily
NOVEMBER 30, 2016
To match the changing, unpredictable nature of today’s economy and digital landscape, these programs should aim for flexibility and innovative paradigms. One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.” That may pertain to issues of crediting experiential work outside the classroom.
Edsurge
JANUARY 30, 2020
Non-Degree Microcredentials as Pathways to Lifelong Learning and Degrees From digital badges and nanodegrees, to MicroMasters and new types of certificates, there’s an explosion of professionally-oriented microcredential offerings , and employers are increasingly aware of and accepting of these educational options.
Edsurge
MARCH 2, 2020
Our lawyer was very honest with us about how volatile intellectual property is, especially in the software space. Our lawyer pointed out a policy change described in a 2018 U.S. Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions. The History of Edtech via Patent Applications.
Hack Education
AUGUST 12, 2016
” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. The US Department of Education announced it was launching “a pilot to test rigorously the effectiveness of more flexible loan counseling policies on federal student loan borrowers.”
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.
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