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Storms over liberal education: notes on the 2016 AAC&U conference

Bryan Alexander

I also asked each person to specify their role concerning technology, and there were a lot of different roles: someone running a distance learning program, another in charge of a problem-based learning initiative, a prof looking for good examples of technology in liberal education, a provost to whom several tech departments reported, and more.

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6 Ways Technology Can Reinvent Parent-Teacher Conferences

Edsurge

Conferences are not for reporting test scores. Often times those that need to meet with us most are the same parents who have the biggest challenges in making it happen. Create ePortfolios. I’ve come up with some suggestions for you to try ranging from simple to radical. In no particular order: 1. Skype your conference.

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Digital Badges: credentialing the things that make us fully human

iLearn Technology

npinkard talked about learning deserts and how digital badging can help us better leverage a youth ecosystem to meet students where they are at (school, community, home, after school, etc.) As a student with learning needs, he often received a report card that revealed all of the places that he was failing within his education.