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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

So let’s explore a few online learning trends that I think are currently shaping how colleges and universities will prepare students for the future. Competency-based learning. Students have unique learning needs, and they also have different background knowledge. Digital credentials. Change is inevitable.

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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

How can this dean more effectively personalize professional development to meet each teacher where they are and help them get to where they need to be? In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways.

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Micro-credentials: A Promising Way to Put Educators’ Skills Front and Center

Digital Promise

How can this dean more effectively personalize professional development to meet each teacher where they are and help them get to where they need to be? In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. They spend several days meeting with educators in these places.

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