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New Social Media Micro-credentials Support Social Mobility for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Digital Promise’s Adult Learning initiative works to expand equitable access to the digital skills, tools, and credentials that people need to succeed in today’s changing economy. In 2017, we partnered with Facebook (now Meta) to design four training modules and micro-credentials in social media marketing.

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Tools for Designing Awesome Graphics

Teacher Reboot Camp

I’ve learned to use free web tools to design headers on different social networks, graphics for books and digital badges, banners, flyers, parent newsletters, programs, digital magazines, book covers, logos, and more! You can access free templates that can be copied to make creating the same type of visual quick and easy.

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Goal: Design a Badge

Teacher Reboot Camp

Digital badges are having the same impact. When I started giving badges in my online conferences and in my online courses, I noticed teachers and learners posting all over Facebook and on Twitter. We can get students to celebrate citizenship with digital badges. Digital badges , by shellyterrell.

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Digital Skills Make a Difference for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

The number of middle-skill jobs that require digital skills continues to grow. Last fall, in an effort to address this gap, Facebook pledged to train 3,000 Michiganders in digital skills by 2020 through the Digital Skills Micro-credential program created in partnership with Digital Promise.

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9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!

Teacher Reboot Camp

We will share and meet regularly on our Facebook group, Twitter (#EduGoalsMOOC), and through weekly live events (expert panels on Google Hangouts). Earn a badge for your efforts, which is backed by INTEF and the Ministry of Education in Spain! We encourage you to partner up and create materials together.

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Digital Promise Works with Facebook to Launch Digital Skills Micro-credentials for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

Digital Promise worked with Facebook to create a set of micro-credentials (a form of digital badges) focused on helping adults in the workforce learn these “middle” skills in the area of digital marketing. Marketing with Facebook Pages. Marketing with Facebook Ads. Marketing with Instagram.

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Predictions for 2021: An Acceleration of 2020?

Edsurge

Similarly, Pathstream , a venture-funded edtech company, partners with leading technology companies, including Facebook and Unity, to build branded digital skills programs that they then deliver in partnership with college and university partners. The programs’ credits count toward degrees at those institutions as well.