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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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These barriers include the lack of the right technology systems and a lack of accepted standards; the need for flexibility with institutional processes; financial aid constraints; union labor issues; funding and resources for product development and instructional design; and the need for support from leadership and faculty.

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Employer Credentials and Community Colleges: A Look Behind Google’s IT Support Certificate Program

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Many tech firms are even going directly to professionals with their own certificates and credentials—such as IBM’s digital badge program , Hubspot’s certifications , and long-running programs like Microsoft’s IT certifications.

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Millennials: The Straw That Will Stir Higher Education’s Next Disruption

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One example of this is the newest trend of “ digital badges.” Another is the rise of the MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) or online instructional platforms like edX, Coursera, or Udacity. Or must they take a leave of absence? This is a vital issue. research project at Stanford.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Another key dynamic is the emergence of large-scale online learning platforms such as publicly traded companies Coursera and 2U ( now combined with EdX), which are developing a rich ecosystem of courses, microcredentials and full degrees that employers are adopting as a resource for their employees.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” .” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). ” Imperial College London has joined edX.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

As Stephen Downes comments , “I find it interesting that they refer throughout to ‘ openly licensed educational materials ’ rather than ‘open educational resources’ – I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. They recorded school resource officers. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

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