Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

To install and repair HVAC systems, workers need specific technical abilities, such as reading blueprints and manipulating tools. That’s the kind of deeply human attribute employers say they’re looking for in job candidates as companies try to adapt to modern changes in technology and business strategy. What Do Employers Want?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The world of credentials and school transcript providers has gotten smaller after the merger of two companies that facilitate more than 18.5 On Tuesday, the Los Angeles-based private equity firm completed its purchase of Parchment , which becomes the new name of the combined companies. million academic records exchanges a year.

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Edsurge

MARCH 9, 2020

But its founders hope that parents and teachers see educational value in the platform, says Priya Rajendran, the company’s CEO and cofounder. The company plans to launch a pilot program with a school in India to see how the platform would work in the classroom. The company claims to have 225,000 users, most of them in the U.S.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Technology can collect and harness more data than ever before. In education, does technology create just as many problems as it solves? But we’ve learned technology alone does not drive higher achievement. Technology must support and empower better teaching and learning. If so, what new challenges have emerged?

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The CoolCatTeacher

OCTOBER 11, 2017

How cool would it be for kids to have digital badges, the same way that we have (some) that are attached to our e-mails and things like that, for when we achieve our Google Certified Educators and things like that. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges.

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Technology Tidbits

JUNE 20, 2019

*Be sure to stop by booth #1734 at ISTE 2019 to find out more about this amazing company!!! Socrates is an innovate new site where educators can seamlessly differentiate instruction for each student through a unique game based learning system. Socrates is an advertiser of Technology Tidbits. Below is a brief demo.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

This is especially true when it comes to the growing share of jobs that are technology related and hinge on rapidly-evolving skillsets—which today make up more than a quarter of all job openings, according to data from Burning Glass Technologies. including Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois, Texas, California, and New York.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is now a buzzword in nearly every industry ranging from financing to healthcare. And lately, the topic has made its way into discussions around digital credentials in higher education. What are the risks?

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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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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

says it has developed a system to bring “blockchain” technology–meant to serve as a decentralized-yet-secure system for transmitting data–to education, as the concept slowly begins to attract attention in the K-12 space. company, then graduated from a Japanese university, he said.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Yet a sometimes overlooked part of that community are local companies and businesses that hope—and need—to find skilled workers. As students enroll and complete courses, they earn digital badges in a “Skills Passport” that school counselors and recruiters can see. Some companies specifically aim to hire veterans).

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eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2016

Remaining a tech-savvy educator means keeping on top of the myriad changes and trends in education, how technology can support those trends, and how teaching and learning can best benefit from near-constant change. In addition to portfolios, MyMantl will offer digital badging tools, competency-based education program designers and job tools.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Many are first-generation and lower-income learners who have historically lacked the support systems to succeed in a traditional higher ed setting. It is especially important to recognize the unique needs of adult learners, who often face significant barriers to returning to school.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

JANUARY 7, 2019

The Global Leadership Summit will provide participants with the unique opportunity to: Develop the capacity to lead classrooms and educational systems that foster in students the will and the skill to tackle problems of real-world significance locally and globally.

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eSchool News

JUNE 23, 2021

The seamless integration satisfies both of the companies’ goals, which is to empower educators through easily accessible technology to ensure positive student outcomes. About MobileMind Founded in 2015, MobileMind is a privately held, Atlanta-based educational technology company.

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Edsurge

MARCH 2, 2020

Who Owns Digital Badges? A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions. Thousands of teachers are consistently plugging in open content from CommonLit and Wikipedia into Read Ahead. Further Reading: In Today's Market, Do Patents Even Matter? The History of Edtech via Patent Applications.

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edWeb.net

JUNE 4, 2019

In the edWebinar, “ Strategic Technology Planning and Investment,” which is part of CoSN’s Empowered Superintendent series for edWeb, three superintendents who’ve been in the trenches for all aspects of district edtech plans discussed effective financial planning for technology. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

ALMA START ( www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies launched an enrollment and admissions management tool called Alma Start. ASSIST has expanded the system with content for every grade level, K-12 through Higher Education. Advantages School International provides quality education to students around the globe.

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MindShift

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

While educators around the country are slowly adopting various approaches that allow them to better differentiate learning for students, the same is rarely true for the adult learners in the system. Last year Sayas tried to focus on tying together science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) concepts through design.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

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

AUGUST 12, 2016

” The company – funded by Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates, Pearson, Learn Capital, and others – says it will remain open. ” “The Indiana Department of Education is seeking $4 million in damages from the company that created last year’s problem-plagued ISTEP test. Accreditation and Certification.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

But don’t be too impressed by the title; according to the employee system, I was just an intern. In this public sabbatical, I have learned a ton of new things, mostly about education research methods and what we know from those methods about how learning spaces interact with pedagogy and technology to affect student learning.

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Via Edsurge : “As LinkedIn ’s Video Library Grows, Company Says It Has No Plans to Compete With Colleges.” ” “The Massachusetts Institute of Technology announced Wednesday that it will receive a $140 million gift from an alumnus who seeks to remain anonymous,” Inside Higher Ed reports. ”). .”

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

In January, he was hired to develop apps at the National Center for Telehealth and Technology near Tacoma, Washington. The credentials come from many sources: traditional universities, online platforms like edX, trade organizations like the American Hotel and Lodging Institute and companies like Jiffy Lube and IBM. Cost: $900. “I

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Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. ” (Related: “Theranos investor Tim Draper blames the company’s downfall on an investigative journalist,” Business Insider reports.). ” ECOT is the Electronic Classroom of Tomorrow, an online charter school company.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. The organization, which was founded in 1994, was best known for its annual Horizon Report, its list of predictions about the near-future of education technology. And “free” doesn’t last.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” 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.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

This is part eight of my annual look at the year’s “ top ed-tech stories ” In previous years, I’ve looked at how education technology is intertwined with narratives about “ skills ,” “ competencies ,” and “ credentialing.” Bootcamp or Bust.

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Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

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!

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