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Integration of Digital Badges to Acknowledge Professional Learning

A Principal's Reflections

As a 21st Century Library Media Specialist, part of what I strive to do is to serve as an instructional technology resource for both educators and learners. ?In I am proud to announce Worlds of Learning @ New Milford High School , a digital badge professional learning platform.

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Designing Pathways for Rural Learners Using Micro-credentials: Four Case Studies

Digital Promise

Their goal is to support adult learners statewide by helping them to earn micro-credentials to demonstrate their skills, transition quickly from unemployment to employment, and progress in in-demand careers, such as IT and technology and manufacturing. Read the complete TSU case study here.

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Join Maine’s Learning Through Technology Team!

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The Learning Through Technology Team at the Maine Department of Education is looking for a high energy, entrepreneurial-thinking, collaborative educator who would like to work with us. We currently have one opening for a Regional Education Representative: Digital Learning Specialist (and anticipate two more in the coming months).

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31 Days of Digital Goodies

Teacher Reboot Camp

Click FILE then MAKE A COPY and it will open in your Google Drive or Click FILE then DOWNLOAD AS to save as a Word Document. Mission & digital badge calendar - add a learning mission for students to accomplish each day and have a digital badge they will receive if they succeed. Upload this image to ThingLink.

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The Growing Potential of Micro-Credentials

A Principal's Reflections

There is a great deal of talk these days about micro-credentials and digital badging as a means to acknowledge professional learning of educators. Check out what Mozilla has created with their Open Badges platform. The real aim of educational technology should be to modernize pedagogy and to shape the education of the future.

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Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data

Edsurge

As colleges and universities continue to confront digital transformation, they must ask themselves, ‘What does our core product — the educational credential — evolve to look like in a more data-rich, technology-centric world?’ The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the shift toward digital HR.

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How Microcredentials Help Educators Develop New Tech Skills

EdTech Magazine

In efforts to make time-mandated and compliance-based professional learning efficient, technology offers microcredentialing as a vehicle for educators to pursue personal growth. Educating teachers on how to make use of these digital solutions is a major factor for overall success,” Cator continues.