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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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Four Signs It’s Time for Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Enter micro-credentials : competency-based recognition for educator learning that is supported by digital badges. Four recent developments have set the stage for micro-credentials: #1 – Competency-based learning for students. It’s an efficient, productive, and personalized strategy.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

Along with the MacArthur Foundation and HASTAC, Mozilla announced the launch of a $2 million competition to design and test new badges. US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan called badges a “game-changing strategy.”. CZI took over the engineering of the learning management system from Facebook in 2017.).

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