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Motivate Students with Digital Badges

Teacher Reboot Camp

Part of the December 2019 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! Motivate students with digital badges. The Mac Arthur Foundation defines a digital badge as “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. ” A digital badge looks similar to a Girl Scout or Boy Scout patch.

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New Merger Wants to Create ‘WeWork for Education’ Via Digital Badges and Mini-Campuses

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Born in 2015 out of a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation , LRNG has reached 55,000 students in 19 cities with its digital badges and community-focused employment programs. Currently SNHU and LRNG are looking at how these digital badges can be applied toward an SNHU degree. Its 20th city, Birmingham, Ala.,

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Balancing Act: Cybersecurity in the Connected Classroom

EdTech Magazine

This requires a balancing act: How do educators leverage connected technology without putting student data and other critical information at risk? BECOME AN INSIDER: Sign up access to exclusive EdTech videos, whitepapers and articles. The State of STEM Classrooms. For what purpose?

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Beyond Badges: Why Personalized Learning Advocates Need to Care about Blockchain

Doug Levin

As Tom envisions, these profiles would include all of the elements of traditional school transcripts, supplemented with richer, more nuanced, and actionable information about student learning attainment, achievement, and needs.

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

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Those building, funding and using edtech tools must similarly wrestle with these concerns. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. They have serious, well-informed concerns about what are the right ways and wrong ways to use tech in the classroom. Open digital badges.

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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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But today, edtech is commonly understood to mean digital technology. So with these guidelines in mind, I’ve chosen six areas where edtech has made an impact this decade: Learning Management Systems. Digital badges. In fact, I think some of the biggest edtech trends have been rather. OER and open books.

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Unlocking Skills: What Learners and Employers Need to Know About Microcredentials

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Digital badges, microcredentials and digital credentials… What sets them apart, or are they synonymous? Because the credentials are standardized, we can make that flow of information much more seamless across different systems. What are the advantages for learners to use digital credentialing?