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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. It’s not hard to find prominent examples: • Google recently announced an expansion of the company’s popular Google Career Certificates portfolio.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms. Open digital badges. While each of these premises are empirically testable, only trends in the teacher workforce have risen to garner researchers’ serious concern and attention.

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

Edsurge

In a national survey , we found that providing academic credit for experience and on-the-job learning was among employers’ top priorities for colleges and universities, alongside other work-integrated learning themes such industry validation and including real-world projects in the curriculum.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge. There’s some more research on badges and alternative credentials in the research section below. Steve Dembo recently announced that he’s leaving the company after 10+ years. ” “U.S. Go, School Sports Team! Clair Smith.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Without revenue the company will go away. Or the company will have to start charging for the software. Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Via the Northeastern press office : “ Northeastern University and IBM partnership first to turn digital badges into academic credentials for learners worldwide.” Edsurge profiles the latest from Degreed : “This Company Wants to Help You Hire for Skills, Not Credentials.” Go, School Sports Team!