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MIT Starts University Group to Build New Digital Credential System

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Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, a company that offers services for colleges, employers and students to manage digital credentials (and which owns patents for digital badges), welcomed the new effort. Having more institutions stand up for that notion is a great thing for this movement,” he says.

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Hack Education Weekly News

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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.”