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A Nonprofit Spent Five Years Counting a Million Credentials. What Does It All Add Up To?

Edsurge

For example, a leader from the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development explained during the webinar how her state is creating a digital search tool that lets people select among all the credential options available to them, sorting by occupation, program location and graduate outcomes. provide credentials: 59,692.

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Week of July 25, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). link] EPCOP MOOC WEBINAR ( Australia Series ) Mon 8 Aug 09:00PM New York / Tue 9 Aug 01:00AM GMT / Tue 9 Aug 11:00AM Sydney Coach Carole.

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Week of August 29, 2011 - Live and Interactive Webinars in Blackboard Collaborate

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Below are this week''s public, free, and interactive Webinars through LearnCentral.org , the social learning network for education that I work on for Blackboard Collaborate (formerly Elluminate). Outcomes can be shared online. Thanks for your attention, and see you online!

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With New Online Marketplace, Community Colleges Hope to Better Compete With For-Profits

Edsurge

For example, someone who takes a short, non-credit course to supplement her bachelor’s degree will probably have a different employment outcome than someone without any other higher education. Additionally, according to Ostielu, salary ranges and averages can mask inequities in how experiences and identities affect pay.

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Beyond K-12: EdSurge’s Next Move

Edsurge

Early signs suggest that technology, smartly chosen and carefully implemented, can improve learners’ outcomes, lower costs and ease difficult transitions. So far, we’ve engaged in Twitter chats , webinars and in-person convenings. For the values and outcomes that most matter to them. For their pedagogy.

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Learning Revolution Free PD - Two Great Library Events - GlobalEdCon Deadline - UNC's Amazing World View

The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Thursday, October 30th at 3pm Webinar: Teachers as Designers of Technology, Pedagogy, and Content , Teaching in a digital age requires a whole new layer of knowledge and expertise. Join Dr. Mishra and Dr. Koehler for our first webinar presented by the Digital Classroom community and discover how TPACK can help you with technology integration!

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Education Technology and the Power of Platforms

Hack Education

” And I wondered at the time if that would be the outcome for MOOCs. 2012, you will recall, was “ the year of the MOOC.”) ”) It was certainly the outcome that investors were hoping for Edmodo , which raised $25 million in 2012, boasting that it had 15 million users. Remember Edmodo?