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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

With an uncertain fall and a deep economic downturn, many believe two-year colleges may be the best answer to meeting the higher education needs of both traditional and non-traditional students and workers looking to learn new skills. The Colorado Community College System was an early pioneer in offering digital badges.

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We Need You to Help Fight Ransomware in Our Schools

EmergingEdTech

Endpoint detection and response (EDR) is way more than simply antivirus software! Keep up with software patches—it makes a difference and protects your network from exposure. Include incentives for completing training, such as digital badges, leaderboards, and certificates, for completing training well. In 2022, over 22.5

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New Ways to Gamify Learning

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e.g. using virtual meeting tools (like Google Hangouts) to include housebound students in a class. Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. Modification: Technology allows for a significant change, e.g. using screencasts to explain a process.

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To Retain College Students, Look to Academic Support and Campus Activities, New Report Finds

Edsurge

To encourage students to take advantage of extracurricular activities that may improve their chances of staying enrolled and complement their classroom learning, the University of Central Oklahoma devised a system that awards digital badges for participation in events and clubs and also compiles evidence for interested future employers.

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Marketplace trend update: 6 ed-tech developments

eSchool News

Collaborative software provider ClassFlow announced a way for teachers to earn extra cash during the upcoming school year. The new ClassFlow Marketplace is an open community where teachers may buy and sell original teaching resources such as digital lessons, unit plans, assessments, teaching guides, worksheets, and more. Read more.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

Many school leaders believe that by using technology and adaptive software to allow students to move at different paces, they are offering “personalized learning.” Adaptive Learning: Adaptive learning refers to software that adjusts to students’ learning needs as they use the product.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Conference strands include Teaching with Technology, Student Devices, Online Learning, Subject Specific Ed Tech, Creative Ed Tech, Web 2.0 & Social Software, and Administrative Support. CEET Meet: Disrupting Assessment with Digital Badges. Please see the call for proposals and submission instructions here. Classroom 2.0