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There Are 700K+ Credentials — and Counting. Which Ones Are ‘Quality’?

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Both reports note that most jobs available today require some education or training beyond a high school diploma, and that on average, workers who have post-secondary credentials earn more than those who don’t. Crunching Credentials Data Why expend all this effort researching credentials? Using information from sources including the U.S.

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Can Competency-Based Education Demonstrate Mastery Across a Lifetime? #DLNchat

Edsurge

“I worry about trying to make a project-based experience ‘adaptive’ in the same way as a ‘know these facts’ course,” he tweeted. Being a #PBL #inquiry minded zealot, I worry about trying to make a project-based experience "adaptive" in the same way as a "know these facts" course. link] — Jim Vanides (@jgvanides) August 14, 2018.

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Join Us in Chicago for the Fourth Annual Global Leadership Summit - March 15, 2019

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

In that role, Abdel-Kader was responsible for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and the study other countries’ cultures at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States. His course load typically includes sections on comparative religions, world cultures, sociology, and capstone.

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15 Google Classroom Tips for Teachers

Shake Up Learning

Google Classroom is one of the most popular digital tools for the K-12 classroom. It has improved vastly over the years, and teachers have learned how to make the most of this flexible assignment manager and communication hub. For ideas, check out this post on How to Organize Assignments in Google Classroom.

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3 Big Issues We Heard About at SXSWedu

Wired Campus

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. Mitchell L. New Forms of Credentials.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. Um, they do.) The Flipped Classroom".

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