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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. Open digital badges. What’s the dark horse of edtech? (An Technology can collect and harness more data than ever before.

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

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First, it is important for higher ed to recognize that digital credentialing — which can provide richer, more granular and machine-readable data on learning outcomes and skills — should not be limited to the discussion about non-degree “alternative credentials” and digital badges.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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Consider also that the economic model of most Online Program Managers, or OPMs —the edtech firms that have powered much of four-year institutions online growth—focus on higher-cost graduate degree programs. This could include new firms, service models and software tools that are more tailored to community colleges’ needs and offerings.

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Issuing Micro-Credentials to Your Teachers Can Reward Competency

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They offer districts an innovative way to document teachers’ skills while allowing the teachers to share their progress with others via a digital badge. The teachers receive their digital badges via email and can transfer them to a badge backpack or post them to their professional profiles like LinkedIn.

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With the Internet of Things, Smart Dishwashers Can Give Kids Chores

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Future features on the product roadmap include digital badges and reports on children’s behavior measured by the app. a month, there are further management options including assigning late penalties and automatic allocation of points. Rajendran, 43, and Xavier, 41, met at PayPal and founded S’moresUp in 2017.

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How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

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While creators in the edtech space often feel they’ve made something patent-worthy, two problems usually stand in the way. She opened up to EdSurge about the process she went through to give would-be edtech inventors a glimpse into the trials and tribulations involved in getting a patent. Who Owns Digital Badges?

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Planning for the Total Cost of Edtech Initiatives

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Strategic planning for edtech is an endless journey—and not just because of constantly evolving hardware and software. Most educators look at the cost of their device and software, but what they need to understand is that the total cost includes PD, tech support, sustainability. Are they prepared to adapt to other systems?

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