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Why Continuing Education Programs Are Poised to Become Hubs of Innovation

Edsurge

As more adults than ever before enroll in postsecondary education programs and a variety of players—from bootcamps to online and mobile course providers—offer options tailored to match adults’ work and family circumstance, traditional colleges and universities have struggled to keep pace.

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14 Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education

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Competency-Based Learning. Competency-Based Education is something I’m hearing more and more about, which is neither bad nor good, but worth understanding more carefully. Video Streaming/ Flipped Classroom/eLearning Trends. Six Common Examples Of Innovation In Higher Education. That’s good.

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?Higher Ed Innovators Maze: Where to Go, How to Start, How to Get There

Edsurge

Higher education innovation” is no different, though instead of flying cars and Mars colonies, what likely comes to mind first are online and competency-based learning platforms, learning management systems, or electronic whiteboards. Stop-gapping is by far the most common “innovation” in higher education.

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Vote for Digital Promise’s SXSW and SXSW EDU 2018 Session Ideas

Digital Promise

We will team up to guess research trends and key findings in maker education. Join us to see how young people can be more than consumers of virtual reality, and to learn methods to empower students as producers of immersive experiences that make an impact. Competency-based Learning In Your District.

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How colleges are adapting to the future of education

Linways Technologies

If that seems too far fetched, just think about the number of jobs that was created in the last few decades, like social media manager, drone operator, mobile app developer, system admin etc. Most of the jobs that today’s students will do in the future does not even exist yet. Disconnecting degrees from job requirements.

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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. Indeed, young people prefer learning from YouTube than from textbooks — according, ironically, to Pearson. Coding Bootcamps.

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