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OPINION: Our workforce must be ready to help growing numbers of students who come to school learning English

The Hechinger Report

One Alabama town is trying to change that We can help address this problem by creating a highly trained, skilled and culturally competent educator workforce. Traditional ESOL training and certification courses are typically based on credit accumulation, focusing on academic knowledge over real time application of learning.

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

Edsurge

A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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We Need You to Help Fight Ransomware in Our Schools

EmergingEdTech

Make security training a regular routine of life. Include incentives for completing training, such as digital badges, leaderboards, and certificates, for completing training well. With regular practice using KnowBe4 training programs, districts have gone from a 32% fail rate on phishing tests to a 4% fail rate.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

Community college has even risen to a key policy point in national and state politics, with politicians touting plans and creating models for “free college ,” which often mean tuition-free options for community college as a pathway to four-year degrees or other credentials. That presents both an opportunity and a challenge.

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

Related: Google Classroom Student Selector (Digital Popsicle Sticks!). Badging Systems. Digital Badging as become a fun way for teachers and students to show off their accomplishments. Organizing and tracking badges could easily be managed through Google Classroom. New Teacher Training. What do you think?

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As the Microcredential Market Booms, Don’t Forget the Learner

Edsurge

By some estimates, within a decade, only 30 to 40 percent of “college students” will physically attend a college to earn a degree, while many of the rest will shop for chunks of education and training that allow them to take the next step in their careers while also stacking toward an eventual degree.

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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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