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5 Key Areas of Technology Professional Development for Teachers

EdTech Magazine

Of 2,000 K–12 teachers surveyed, only 10 percent reported feeling secure in their abilities to incorporate “higher-level” technology into their classroom. Now the entire eighth grade is doing vocabulary in their homeroom with digital badges, from a 25-minute presentation.” . . by Eli Zimmerman.

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More Employers Are Awarding Credentials. Is A Parallel Higher Education System Emerging?

Edsurge

IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 Strada Education Network’s recent national consumer surveys have found that the most popular option for American adults considering additional education or training is pursuing a “certificate, certification, or license.”

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

This network helps us organize and maximize resources to advance student outcomes. Using available micro-credentials from Digital Promise, each educator can create a personalized professional development plan that builds on the expertise they feel they most need in the classroom and in our schools.

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There Are 700K+ Credentials — and Counting. Which Ones Are ‘Quality’?

Edsurge

Its answer: one that offers evidence of competencies and corresponds clearly with positive employment outcomes in fields that have substantial job opportunities. Credential Engine is surveying the landscape first, trying to develop a comprehensive dataset before coming to any particular conclusions. “We

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

We’ve largely succeeded—according to a recent Common Sense Media survey , eight out of 10 K-12 teachers have computing devices in their classrooms. Now, educators are focused on linking edtech tools directly to student learning outcomes. Open digital badges. What technology never lived up to expectations or the hype?

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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

Edsurge

In a national survey , we found that providing academic credit for experience and on-the-job learning was among employers’ top priorities for colleges and universities, alongside other work-integrated learning themes such industry validation and including real-world projects in the curriculum. The bigger market is college and career.

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What Education Technology Could Look Like Over the Next Five Years

MindShift

They see worldwide educators focusing on “ deeper learning ” outcomes that try to connect what happens in the classroom to experts and experiences beyond school as an important trend. A 2014 Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) survey found that 81 percent of surveyed schools either had a BYOD policy or planned to implement one.