Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. But are community colleges ready for this digital transformation? Department of Education data.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 29, 2019

Ozobot , makers of robots that empower coding and STEAM education for grades K–12, recently unveiled its new Ozobot Classroom learning management system. Ozobot's Evo Educator Entry Kit and Evo Classroom Kit, which are compatible with the new Ozobot Classroom, were also selected as finalists for the 2019 SIIA CODiE Awards.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Digital badges, microcredentials and digital credentials… What sets them apart, or are they synonymous? Essentially, these credentials share a few attributes: They are skill-specific and emphasize industry-relevant competencies. What are the advantages for learners to use digital credentialing?

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eSchool News

JUNE 27, 2023

The initiatives feature partnerships with Coursera , the global online learning platform, Acadeum , the largest course sharing network in higher education, e-Dynamic Learning , a provider of Career Technical Education for middle and high school students, and Credly , a global leader in digital credentialing.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

That’s what lies ahead, at least in the realms of education and employment, according to three college presidents and executives at large companies. In response to layoffs and demand spikes, companies across every industry made updates to their technology and processes. Disruptive educational offerings will reign supreme.

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 4, 2018

All of these experiences empowered us to think about and then create a deep learning experience that could be easily accessible to all educators across the globe. The authors will dissect an approach to unlocking tomorrow's schools so that today's modern learners leave ready to create new industries, find new cures, and solve world problems.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Build a community of collaboration : Partners stressed that to sustain a digital skills program, collaboration is vital to leverage existing resources, consolidate information and data, expand to more advanced levels, and broaden offerings to other industries and employers.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 3, 2016

As educators, we know that science is not just a body of knowledge, but it is a process that enables people to answer questions through scientific inquiry. To make Competency X a success, it was vital that we know which foundational science-based skills industry partners seek in employees and interns. So, how do we do it?

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edWeb.net

JUNE 8, 2021

As educators and industry partners look ahead to the 2020-21 school year, they’re examining the impact of the pandemic and the potential transformation of all aspects of K-12 education. Overall, educators are taking the lead, instead of administrators, in choosing PD. By Stacey Pusey. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

Blockchain, the technology that underpins cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum, is now a buzzword in nearly every industry ranging from financing to healthcare. And lately, the topic has made its way into discussions around digital credentials in higher education.

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techlearning

APRIL 25, 2018

To develop in-demand skills and streamline employers’ hiring process, Education Design Lab launches the 21st Century Skills Badges after three years of research, design and pilots. The rigor that goes into earning a digital badge provides a helpful indicator of what we can expect to see from that person on the job.”

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Edsurge

JULY 14, 2018

In his latest EdSurge column , Michael Horn laid out how Google Maps offers an aspirational metaphor for what the future of educational tools could look like. Yet there are several initiatives, some of which I’ve had the privilege of working on, that aim to support the educational data ecosystem necessary for learner navigation.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In education, does technology create just as many problems as it solves? As we bid farewell to the teenage years of the 21st century, we posed these questions and others to longtime industry entrepreneurs, analysts and stakeholders about the highs and lows, wins and woes of the past decade. It may be up to the field of education.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 16, 2018

The conversation was guided by our special guest Executive Director of C-BEN (Competency-Based Education Network), Charla Long. Much of the discussion focused on how competency-based education (CBE) could support students in acquiring and demonstrating the knowledge, skills and abilities. The competencies should be additive.

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Edsurge

JUNE 13, 2019

Middle school students have used a mix of laser cutters, three-dimensional printers and wood-cutting tools to develop turbochargers and crash test protection devices that solve real-world issues in the automotive industry. There is no better time than this week to flip those assumptions on their head.

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Educational Technology Guy

APRIL 29, 2013

As the largest digital library of peer-sourced study materials, StudyBlue is inviting students, parents and industry leaders nationwide to join in building a virtual Wall of Thanks to give back to the educators who have made a difference in their lives. This post originally appeared on Educational Technology Guy.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

These tech jobs cut across industry sectors and many of them can be characterized as “ middle-skill ”—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year college degree.

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Marketplace K-12

JUNE 27, 2016

The three biggest reasons pre-K-12 educators took online professional development courses in the past year were to learn how to use digital devices, how to use the educational software that goes on them, or to find out more about classroom behavior or management, according to a new study. Online community: 60 percent.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 13, 2017

These new roles could become the “blue-collar” jobs of the future — the positions that can promise middle-class security without necessarily requiring a traditional higher-education degree. But to train this workforce effectively, we’ll need to change the way we approach education. Higher Education. Sign up for our newsletter.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The university offers digital badges rather than degrees or certificates for the completion of some courses. We do have a little bit of a Wild West situation right now with alternative credentials,” said Alana Dunagan, a senior research fellow at the nonprofit Clayton Christensen Institute, which researches education innovation.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 25, 2015

These skills are quickly becoming inextricable and for the sake of simplicity, let’s call this combination of web literacy and 21st century skills, “digital-age skills.” ” In traditional U.S. Stay tuned for more updates as the projects progress! By An-Me Chung. Original Post/ Webmaker.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

By some estimates, within a decade, only 30 to 40 percent of “college students” will physically attend a college to earn a degree, while many of the rest will shop for chunks of education and training that allow them to take the next step in their careers while also stacking toward an eventual degree.

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Marketplace K-12

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Sony Global Education Inc. says it has developed a system to bring “blockchain” technology–meant to serve as a decentralized-yet-secure system for transmitting data–to education, as the concept slowly begins to attract attention in the K-12 space. company, then graduated from a Japanese university, he said.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

Department of Education forecasts that by 2027, postsecondary enrollment among adults will grow by just 1 percent, compared to a 5 percent growth rate for more traditionally-aged students. In a tight economy, many major employers are launching or expanding “ education as benefit ” strategies to retain and develop their workforces.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MAY 9, 2015

EDUCATION & TEACHING (29). Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. Prior Learning Assessment for Educators and Industry. Commonwealth Education Trust via Coursera. ICT in Primary Education: Transforming children’s learning across the curriculum. TESS101x: Enhancing Teacher Education Through OER.

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MindShift

JUNE 29, 2015

In a fast-moving field like education technology, it’s worth taking a moment to take stock of new developments, persistent trends and the challenges to effective tech implementation in real classrooms. This macro trend to shake up typical ways of schooling is opening new opportunities for technology to play an even bigger role in education.

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Educator Innovator

JULY 8, 2014

We’ve heard a lot of talk these days about open educational resources and online courses and how these platforms can make high-quality learning available for all. Khan Academy has been the darling of the tech industry because of its potential to disrupt existing models of educational content delivery.

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techlearning

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

WASHINGTON, DC, September 26, 2018– Education Design Lab (the Lab), a national non-profit leader in the design and implementation of new learning models, announced today that it has accepted seven institutions, each with at least one employer partner, into the first, highly selective # TeeUpTheSkills cohort.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

Micro-credentials are the solution, said educational experts in the recent edLeader Panel “ Supporting Early Childhood Education Pathways with Micro-Credentials ,” Micro-credentialing can build professional competencies, improve workplace performance, and lead to more career opportunities and higher wages.

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EdNews Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2019

Maybe, we need to look at educators in a new context of what teaching really is in most schools, and whether it should be given cultural, economic and technological change. Causing others to know something is, in fact, at the core of every single industry. Giving students gold stars or digital badges.

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techlearning

MARCH 5, 2018

Software & Online ACCELERATE LEARNING STEMSCOPES SCIENCE ( www.stemscopes.com ) Accelerate Learning announced a new platform using the best of CNN’s digital content to create a new science education product. Advantages School International provides quality education to students around the globe.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

. — Student privacy, easier-to-use digital tools for instructors, and efforts to offer alternative credentials were some of the most-talked-about topics this week at the South by Southwest Edu conference, an offshoot of the popular South by Southwest music festival. Big data is coming to education, if it’s not here already. Mitchell L.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Just as formal education systems made a dramatic shift to digital since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, on-the-job training is changing as well. The same forces that transformed classrooms have accelerated the adoption of more digital learning in workplace training—advancing a trend that was already underway.

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The Innovative Educator

DECEMBER 23, 2018

A report issued by the Pew Research Center found that only 46 percent of employed Millennials believe their education was very useful in preparing them for a job or career. Maker educator Kevin Jarrett, gives them a more familiar name: Digital shop class. The exact activity that happens in these digital shop classes.

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Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

Education Politics. “ Ugandan parliament orders Bridge Academy schools closed,” according to Education International. The US Department of Education announced it was launching “a pilot to test rigorously the effectiveness of more flexible loan counseling policies on federal student loan borrowers.”

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Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Education Politics. US Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos appeared in front of a Senate subcommittee this week to talk about Trump’s budget proposal. said Thursday that he is still part of a higher education initiative for President Donald Trump,” Politico reports. ” More via The Chronicle of Higher Education.

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Edsurge

JUNE 12, 2018

Last fall I started my first day on the job as an embedded faculty member with a corporation—as a scholar-in-residence at Steelcase Education. I’ve kept my eyes open, taken a notebook full of notes, and spent time every day processing what I was seeing and speculating about how the best things I saw might function in higher education.

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