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

Digital Promise

In 2017, we partnered with Facebook (now Meta) to design four training modules and micro-credentials in social media marketing. Over the course of the partnership, Digital Promise collaborated with 39 organizations across the country to train 3,000 adult learners. The four modules are: Module 1: Social Media Marketing Basics.

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Digital Badges Validate Skills for Special Needs Students

edWeb.net

During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers. Many times, though, the problem is also a communication gap.

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Digital Skills Make a Difference for Adult Learners

Digital Promise

As students develop their skills, they can earn digital micro-credentials as a way to demonstrate the competencies they have built. They can post these micro-credentials on their resumes, LinkedIn profiles, or other social media platforms for future employers to see.

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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

Two weeks ago, I attended the Digital Badge Summit in Denver, CO. I’ve been somewhat hesitant to jump into digital badges world (despite knowing the digital badge ninja, @senorg) because I feared that digital badges were just one more way to categorize and label kids, another carrot to dangle in the classroom.

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Roadmap to a Job-Embedded Growth Model

A Principal's Reflections

I remember a few years back during a meeting with teacher leaders, a tipping point that would ultimately change the direction of professional growth at my school. As social media embracement was not even a blip on the radar at this time, these teacher leaders were quite skeptical about the alleged benefits I described.

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Change is a Mindset

A Principal's Reflections

If results were not what our stakeholders wanted this would then trigger meetings leading to the development of action plans to get us back on course. So many of my teachers are making the choice to integrate social media as a learning tool that I just can''t list all of the examples. Makerspace added to the library in 2013.

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Employer Credentials and Community Colleges: A Look Behind Google’s IT Support Certificate Program

Edsurge

Despite their often limited budgets, the innovative nature and adaptability of community colleges makes them well-positioned to meet the training needs for aspiring tech professionals. For community colleges, continuing to partner with industry is a natural extension of their mission to provide training and pathways to employment.