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How digital badges are shaking up teacher PD

eSchool News

Digital badging has arrived on the scene as a leading contender to close this gap and help provide teachers with a clear path to professional growth, and the micro-credentials to prove it. Badges help teachers focus on relevant professional developments opportunities because they support personalized learning.

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Micro-credentials for teacher PD: Why? What? How?

Neo LMS

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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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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How Micro-Credentials Support Professional Learning

edWeb.net

For example, Digital Promise provides digital badges users can share via social media. Personalized—Because the courses focus on more specific skills than a long-term seminar, educators are able to choose courses that meet their precise needs.

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3 Ways Districts Can Rethink Teacher Professional Development

eSpark

I sat through many sit-and-get lectures and inapplicable seminars and, while I hate to admit it, I often brought papers to grade because I felt that was a more valuable use of my time. Recently, microcredentials and digital badges have entered onto the professional learning scene.

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3 Ways Districts Can Rethink Teacher Professional Development

eSpark

I sat through many sit-and-get lectures and inapplicable seminars and, while I hate to admit it, I often brought papers to grade because I felt that was a more valuable use of my time. Recently, microcredentials and digital badges have entered onto the professional learning scene.

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

Classroom teachers can help facilitate that through the introduction of sentence stems, blogging, and Socratic seminars. Digital Badging. Often, they need to learn how to speak to one another politely and have civil discourse in a safe environment. More on that here.). Goal Setting. Incentives at each grade or building level.