EdNews Daily

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

They’re comfortable gathering information and using it to look ahead to their potential careers with a combination of concern, excitement — even entitlement. To match the changing, unpredictable nature of today’s economy and digital landscape, these programs should aim for flexibility and innovative paradigms.

Dropout 80

Dropout Digital Badges Coursera MOOC 80

Educator Innovator

JUNE 27, 2014

Connecting all these activities are digital badges. Designed by the Mozilla Foundation, open digital badges are a new form of credentialing for the digital age. Participating organizations design the badges, outlining the skills kids will learn and the pathways they’ll take to acquire those skills.

MOOC 30

MOOC Digital Badges Maker Movement Education 30

Shake Up Learning

MAY 2, 2017

Badging Systems. Digital Badging as become a fun way for teachers and students to show off their accomplishments. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom. Parent Information Classes. We can add videos, information, permission slips, resources, etc.

Google 78

Google Classroom Groups MOOC 78

Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2020

So in a world where options for informal learning are increasingly limitless, there is significant value in breaking down the barriers between working and learning—or as HR and corporate learning expert Josh Bersin puts it, “ learning in the flow of work.”

Digital Badges 181

Digital Badges Coursera Learning Industry 181

Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

But the rules and norms for handling digital information generated by students are far from clear. Speaking at a separate session, he cited the increasing flows of data to which colleges have access, including from learning-management systems, student-success systems, and MOOCs. “My New Forms of Credentials.

Company 28

Company Digital Badges Secondary Conference 28

Hack Education

AUGUST 12, 2016

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Elsewhere, more claims about “the global poor” and MOOCs (and other ed-tech companies) in Edsurge. .” Upgrades and Downgrades.

Education 40

Education MOOC Facebook Company 40

Hack Education

JUNE 9, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. “ Digital Badges Are Gaining Traction,” according to MIndwire Consulting’s Michael Feldstein. Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

Education 46

Education Coursera MOOC Udemy 46

Hack Education

JUNE 16, 2018

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. million for its MOOC platform. ” Testing. million total.

Education 46

Education MOOC Coursera Company 46

Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Elsewhere in MOOC research… From Campus Technology : “Grouping MOOC Students by Communication Mode Doesn’t Help Completion.” ” More on MOOC (and related) research in the research section below. MOOCs losing their mojo?

MOOC 48

MOOC Education Blackboard OER 48

Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. MOOCs are, no surprise, their own entry on this long list of awfulness. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle.

Pearson 145

Pearson MOOC Company Software 145

Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

” I’ve looked at how for-profit colleges , MOOCs , and learn-to-code companies have tapped into these narratives in order to justify their products and services. It just presumably means that the information about what they’ve done is stored in a record that hasn’t been altered. Sony’s in the business.

Robotics 59

Robotics MOOC Training Industry 59

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “That Hilarious Tweet About an Instructor’s Big Mistake? Salesforce has filed a patent for “ Digital badging for facilitating virtual recognition of an achievement.” Almost Certainly Fake.”

Education 45

Education Broadband Company Data 45

Hack Education

OCTOBER 26, 2018

” There’s more education-related legal news down in the information security section below. Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). There’s more MOOC news down in the “labor and management” section below. ” Data, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 60

Education Khan Academy Company MOOC 60

Hack Education

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inside Higher Ed on the “Return of the College Scoreboard” : “The Department of Education published updated information on the College Scorecard Thursday, including a new feature that allows students to compare data from up to 10 institutions at once.” ” Privacy, Surveillance, and Information Security.

Education 47

Education Company Data Report 47