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

Edsurge

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. The details haven’t been worked out yet, he says, but the site will likely be at an existing education space—a library, a school or a community college.

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3D Virtual Learning a New Reality

A Principal's Reflections

This year alone Laura Fleming , our stellar media specialist, has successfully created a Makerspace for our students as well as a digital badge platform to acknowledge the informal learning of teachers. For example, one best practice is to design experiences for the avatars to get up and move as much as possible.

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Join Maine’s Learning Through Technology Team!

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” and by providing educators with quality models and examples. iLearnMaine Educator Micro-credentials – The first state program to leverage micro-credentials and digital badging for professional learning. We are partnering with Digital Promise. The vacation time stinks and the pay is just “ok”! (At

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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

Edsurge

Additionally, in another example of blending of online and in-person education, Coursera has begun a pilot offering its online MOOC courses to students at its campus partners. Just as in retail, financial services, and a host of other domains, the business of online education is converging with the offline variety.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

So many of my teachers are making the choice to integrate social media as a learning tool that I just can''t list all of the examples. Makerspace added to the library in 2013. Creation of a digital badge platform to acknowledge the informal learning of teachers implemented in 2013 by Laura Fleming.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Think of ways this could be used in programs both in and outside of your own schools like the YMCA, tutoring programs, community sports, and libraries. Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!). Badging Systems. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom.

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A Strong Case for Uncommon Learning

Fractus Learning

Throughout his book, Sheninger provides concrete examples from his former school, New Milford High School, as well as others from throughout the country. Embedded throughout each initiative and example he provides in the book, transforming the school and learning culture is most prevalent, as this is the cornerstone for uncommon learning. “