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. The code.org campaign has been touting the potential of online courses to teach kids how to code. You don’t even need to do the lessons in order.

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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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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 Hechinger Report

APRIL 26, 2017

And that prompts a provocative thought: Could credentials replace traditional education? It’s driving a revolution in how education is constructed, delivered, used — and credentialed. And there is no count of badges. But that misses the rapid rise of short-term online educational offerings over the past five years.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Education Politics. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” So that speaks volumes.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

For the past ten years, I have written a lengthy year-end series, documenting some of the dominant narratives and trends in education technology. Oh yes, I’m sure you can come up with some rousing successes and some triumphant moments that made you thrilled about the 2010s and that give you hope for “the future of education.”

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Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

*Each week, I gather a wide variety of links to education and education technology articles. All this feeds the review I write each December on the stories we are told about the future of education. (Oh National) Education Politics. State and Local) Education Politics. Immigration and Education.

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