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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

Instructors can use personalized learning platforms to create online courses and assign competencies to each learning activity. The alternative to four-year degrees comes in the form of digital credentials. Students who have mastered a competency can earn a digital badge to showcase that.

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3 ways to use gamification to engage students

eSchool News

In a study of 554 teachers in the San Antonio area, 60 percent said that students turned in assignments less frequently during distance learning, and 65 percent believed that there were significantly fewer lessons that grabbed the attention of students.

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3 ways gamification engages students

eSchool News

In a study of 554 teachers in the San Antonio area, 60 percent said that students turned in assignments less frequently during distance learning, and 65 percent believed that there were significantly fewer lessons that grabbed the attention of students.

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

Edsurge

Credential Engine hopes its database will eventually help people discern which credentials offer the most value for personal learning and employment opportunities. But the studies differ in their approaches to analyzing the myriad options. What may sound like a meditative exercise in patience does have a practical purpose.

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OPINION: The new lifelong learner — an education to match America’s economic needs

The Hechinger Report

Related: Apprenticeships could provide a path to the middle class for millions of workers, new study says. That’s why employers and prospective employees will need to get more comfortable with alternative credentialing like specialized certifications, micro degrees and digital badges.

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Can Online Courses Help Fix Teacher Professional Development?

techlearning

Course topics range from makerspaces, such as this makerspace course of mine, to this soon to launch design thinking course taught by Michael Cohen , to professional book studies, such as this one, based on The Pepper Effect , written by Sean Gaillard. Who wants to develop that solution with me?

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Sony Vows to Bring “Blockchain” Tech to Education. Will It Take Hold in K-12?

Marketplace K-12

Suppose an individual studied at a state school in China, took a virtual course from a U.S. “Individuals and enterprises could anonymously utilize the data to analyze personal learning history,” the Sony Global Education executive said. Opinion) Digital Badges Have Revolutionary Appeal.

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