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Educator Micro-credentials Policy Map Provides an Update of State and District Use of Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The unique and pressing needs of the ongoing global pandemic accelerated the adoption of education technology and innovations that could support urgent and evolving needs and provide on-demand and flexible learning. Micro-credentials are a quickly shifting landscape.

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Free or Low-Cost Resources for PD in Distance Learning

Graphite Blog

With so much uncertainty about the 2020–2021 school year due to the coronavirus pandemic, one fact remains: The skills and resources that reflective, dedicated teachers need to navigate remote, hybrid, and face-to-face learning environments are plentiful -- and ever evolving. Teaching Channel ($9.99

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20 New Ways to Use Google Classroom [infographic]

The Shake Up Learning Blog

This powerful tool can provide a space for teacher-to-teacher collaboration, professional learning and support, parent communication, and even special projects and enrichment classes for students. We can also use Google Classroom to help connect and share resources within our school clubs and organizations. Badging Systems.

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edWeb Wins EdTech Award for Professional Development Learning Solution

edWeb.net

The EdTech Awards for 2022 were just announced, and edWeb has won the award for Professional Development Learning Solution out of a field of 20 Finalists. edWeb is also a Finalist in two other categories: Online Courses/MOOC Solution and EdTech Company Setting a Trend. Congratulations to all of the winners and finalists!

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Fostering Peer Connections to Make MOOCs Personal

The PL2C Blog

While we all have different strengths and weaknesses in our learning, schools traditionally approach student learning with a one-size-fits-all mentality and have struggled to adapt to changing student needs. The Friday Institute and Oak Foundation seek to end this anachronism with the Learning Differences MOOC for Educators (MOOC-Ed).

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Twitterize Adult Learning | A MOOC-Ed Experience

The PL2C Blog

In the spring of 2014, a team from the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation launched to first rendition of a Massive Open Online Course for Educators (MOOC-Ed), titled Coaching Digital Learning | Cultivating a Culture of Change (CDL). 73% of the MOOC-Ed participants indicated the Twitter Chats as Valuable or higher.

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Scaling Practice-Based Coaching through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

The Friday Institute for Educational Innovation at North Carolina State University recently scaled access to professional learning content for educators by taking advantage of the Massive Open Online Courses for Educators (MOOC-Eds) format. There are people literally from the other side of the world in our MOOC-Eds.

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