eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Communication, collaboration, creativity, media literacy, global connectedness, problem solving, and critical thinking are vital to success. Digital tools now allow for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone. Digital badges are an exciting way to acknowledge both formal and informal learning.

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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

By focusing on evidence of learning, rather than the place where that learning occurs, micro-credentials acknowledge that Mr. Smith will learn new skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts over the course of his career. Join us as we learn from one another and new sources continuously. How do we design for continuous learning?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 30, 2019

They have serious, well-informed concerns about what are the right ways and wrong ways to use tech in the classroom. Hyper-stimulating media pervades their worlds, social media culture makes them feel inadequate, and existential pressures of economic, community and environmental decline hover over their futures.

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techlearning

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

These micro-credentials provide a competency-based, personalized, way to learn on demand the many aspects contributing to how students learn, from the way our brain processes information to the impact of emotional intelligence on learning.

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The Innovative Educator

SEPTEMBER 24, 2017

To earn the micro-credential, educators must submit required information that will be evaluated by assessors using a scoring guide and rubric. Submissions include items such as an explanation of your teaching methods and strategies, work examples and artifacts, and reflections from students and the teacher.

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edWeb.net

AUGUST 7, 2019

During her presentation “Measuring and Sustaining Professional Learning Through Micro-Credentials,” Odelia Younge, senior project director for educator micro-credentials at Digital Promise, explained the key elements of micro-credentials, how they work, and what differentiates them from other professional development.

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The Innovative Educator

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

These micro-credentials provide a competency-based, personalized, way to learn on demand the many aspects contributing to how students learn, from the way our brain processes information to the impact of emotional intelligence on learning.

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EdTechTeam

APRIL 6, 2017

Within the next few days, the group had a domain, a website, a variety of social media accounts, and a spreadsheet to collaboratively generate prompts. PlayPD hosts pop-up, informal professional development sessions where educators gather to experience EDUtools/strategies and brainstorm their implications for instruction.

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MindShift

JULY 31, 2020

includes reading challenges, craft projects, and games where students can earn digital badges online. . And during tumultuous times, the need for information, access to literacy, and digital access have become even greater. . Across the nation, libraries are stepping up in a time of crisis.

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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.

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A Principal's Reflections

DECEMBER 21, 2014

Through social media a Personal Learning Network (PLN) provides a great antidote to the age-old time excuse. While online consider making some time to learn and then apply a new skill while earning a digital badge to acknowledge your informal learning. Carve out some time each day if possible. Image credit: [link].

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

APRIL 9, 2014

In case you missed the big email announcement with information about this year''s growing list of events, please visit my blog to see the news. More information at [link]. For more information, click here. CEET Meet: Disrupting Assessment with Digital Badges. A five-year-old once asked us, “Who makes math?”

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 16, 2018

This is important, because many students, for example, may not know the difference between a digital poster and infographic or what goes into producing a stop motion video. They critically reflect on the information and ideas shared. Digital badge – students might also receive a digital badge for their completed projects.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

If you successfully demonstrate competence, you will receive the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge. Perhaps one of the most critical areas in today’s education landscape, and an area where Digital Promise micro-credentials are making an immediate impact, is supporting English learners.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 16, 2018

This is important, because many students, for example, may not know the difference between a digital poster and infographic or what goes into producing a stop motion video. They critically reflect on the information and ideas shared. Digital badge – students might also receive a digital badge for their completed projects.

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edWeb.net

APRIL 5, 2022

Brian Tinsley, Digital Promise Senior Research and Communications Associate for Adult Learning, described micro-credentialing as an evidence-based digital pathway to personalized and on-demand learning, with certification that demonstrates mastery of a specific skill or set of skills. Navigating Challenges. The Impact: A Testimonial.

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techlearning

JULY 20, 2018

This is important, because many students, for example, may not know the difference between a digital poster and infographic or what goes into producing a stop motion video. They critically reflect on the information and ideas shared. Digital badge – students might also receive a digital badge for their completed projects.

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Wired Campus

MARCH 13, 2015

But the rules and norms for handling digital information generated by students are far from clear. Several sessions focused on how alternative credentials, such as digital badges and new features of social-media platforms like LinkedIn, would become an important new currency for signaling personal achievement.

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A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 4, 2015

The engaging aspects of technology today and ubiquitous access to information provide constant engagement to learners of all ages. They have embraced this digital world as it provides consistent relevance and meaning through an array of interactive experiences.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

El Baida Marouane, EFL and ACCESS Program Teacher Going Global: Facilitating and Designing Collaborative Classroom Projects at Home and Abroad - Lindsey Myers, Library Media Specialist Increasing Student Achievement Through Nonlinguistic Teaching Strategies - Patricia J. Pedro Néstor Ibáñez Lic.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Despite predictions that badges would be the “ new credential ” and that we were looking at a “ Future Full of Badges ,” it’s not clear that digital badges have provided us with a really meaningful way to assess skills or expertise. Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon. The Teacher Influencer Hustle. Green Imperial Pigeon.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

It just presumably means that the information about what they’ve done is stored in a record that hasn’t been altered. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. And Northeastern has teamed up with IBM to put digital badges on the blockchain. Pearson filed a patent for badges.

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