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

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Perhaps to another nonprofit, the National Skills Coalition, which published its own report this week focused explicitly on establishing a definition of what counts as a quality non-degree credential. Crunching Credentials Data Why expend all this effort researching credentials? Using information from sources including the U.S.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

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Last updated in 2007, the international standards body has defined a data model for describing, referencing, and sharing competency definitions, primarily in the context of online and distributed learning. The IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) plans to update its existing standards based on this work.

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

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Much of the discussion focused on how competency-based education (CBE) could support students in acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge, skills and abilities. Our guest pointed to a five-page definition of CBE. Keith Bevacqua shared this idea: “Perhaps by archiving full work sets after a course, not just providing a digital badge.

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Topics will include how to integrate technology into English Language Arts and Math classrooms, differentiated instruction, technology implementation strategies, and more. CEET Meet: Disrupting Assessment with Digital Badges. See the full press release and details about how to participate here. Classroom 2.0

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

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Clickers” are definitely not new — indeed, in my research for Teaching Machines , I found examples of classroom response systems dating back to the 1950s. After all, Amazon knows how to run online marketplaces; Amazon knows how to sell texts. And everyone clicks and rages and snipes all over again. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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