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Spotlight on Professional Learning Funding During and After COVID

edWeb.net

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. Highlights from the Simba PreK-12 Professional Learning Market 2020 Report. Highlights from the edWeb 2021 Annual Professional Learning Survey.

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Designing Pathways for Rural Learners Using Micro-credentials: Four Case Studies

Digital Promise

strengthening regionally specific industry-educator partnerships. The Kentucky Valley Education Cooperative (KVEC) provides free, competency-based flexible, professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 educators via micro-credentials.

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Learning Transformed Course

A Principal's Reflections

The most important aspect of this course is pushing learners to not only reflect on their own practice but to also develop focused plans to take action through constructivist learning theory. Course Description The Learning Transformed course is designed to support your classroom, district or school's transformation efforts!

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Unlocking Skills: What Learners and Employers Need to Know About Microcredentials

Edsurge

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. That badge gives learners more opportunities in different internships and careers.

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It’s Time to Remake the Makerspace, But Schools Shouldn’t Go It Alone

Edsurge

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. How does that look?

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

Marketplace K-12

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. Online PD Course Findings.

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Macro Benefits from Micro-Credentials

edWeb.net

Partners – Project collaborators are integral to industry-appropriate and academically sound micro-credentials. TECTA’s partners included the Tennessee Board of Regents, Tennessee CAREs Early Head Start Program, Digital Promise, NACE, and IMS Global. Develop stackable micro-credentials that are current with industry trends.

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