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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

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IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 Digital credentialing platform Credly reports that the number of organizations issuing industry and workforce credentials is up 83 percent since the pandemic. million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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As a group, we called for a reimagining of community college, including moving toward more alignment with industry and more digital options. An additional growing trend is the alignment of community college credentials and curriculum with non-degree, industry-based credentials.

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Online PD Courses Help Educators Understand Ed-Tech, Classroom Management, Study Finds

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Nearly 60 percent of 589 preK-12 educators surveyed enrolled in professional courses online, according to a study by the Educational Technology Industry Network, a division of the Software & Information Industry Network. To receive a digital badge: 10 percent. Continuing education credit: 46 percent.

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As the Microcredential Market Booms, Don’t Forget the Learner

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These learners know that digital badges and certificates will make them discoverable in the growing number of search tools that employers use to target very specific skills. IBM and Salesforce are two companies who first used badges to promote skill-building for employee advancement, and that are now using them to find outside talent.

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

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In a national survey , we found that providing academic credit for experience and on-the-job learning was among employers’ top priorities for colleges and universities, alongside other work-integrated learning themes such industry validation and including real-world projects in the curriculum. It is an exciting road ahead.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

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Authentic Learning: As with any changing industry, there are many problems standing in the way of effective technology implementation. BYOD/Maker Movement: In just one or two years, experts predict Bring Your Own Device policies and makerspaces will be commonplace in schools. CHALLENGES.

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In 2019, What’s REALLY the Definition of a Teacher?

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Causing others to know something is, in fact, at the core of every single industry. They deliver specific chunks of knowledge that are outlined by academic standards and required by school policy in the curriculum, not random tangents of knowledge. Following all school, district, state and federal policies.