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Designing Pathways for Rural Learners Using Micro-credentials: Four Case Studies

Digital Promise

In our latest publication, Micro-credentials for Social Mobility in Rural Postsecondary Communities: A Landscape Report , Digital Promise conducted four in-depth case studies to explore how postsecondary institutions are using micro-credentials to create real-time career pathways for rural learners. Read the complete KVEC case study here.

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How Online Learning Research Can Improve Remote Instruction

Edsurge

“It’s one of the easiest things to do to really understand what that environment looks like, feels like and behaves like,” says Kerry Rice, a professor at Boise State University who has studied effective online learning. There's not a lot of research on very young children and online learning,” Rice says. “So,

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edWeb Resources for Online Learning & Collaboration

edWeb.net

We’ve gathered edWeb resources, that are all free, to help you with online learning and collaboration, as we all cope with the spread of the coronavirus. You can use edWeb.net to create free online communities for your staff, schools, and districts that can be public or private, and include many tools for collaboration.

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edWeb Resources for Online Learning & Collaboration

edWeb.net

We’ve gathered edWeb resources, that are all free, to help you with online learning and collaboration, as we all cope with the spread of the coronavirus. You can use edWeb.net to create free online communities for your staff, schools, and districts that can be public or private, and include many tools for collaboration.

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Learning and growing as educators

Neo LMS

Finding time to engage in professional learning can present a challenge for educators. So how can educators engage in professional learning and find time to connect with other educators, when schedules and responsibilities make finding extra time difficult? How I have found time to connect and grow as an educator.

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Teaching and leading for higher student engagement … even during a pandemic (aka How I spent my summer)

Dangerously Irrelevant

I also showed and discussed multiple, concrete, age-specific examples with each group to illustrate how we can redesign instruction for higher student engagement, even during blended or online learning. During the second week we alternated between synchronous and asynchronous learning together. All of this work was virtual.

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Digital Promise Partnering with Five Rural Communities Using Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

KVEC has developed a niche in providing free, flexible professional learning opportunities for rural K-12 teachers through micro-credentials. Kentucky has nine educational cooperatives, and KVEC serves the southeastern Appalachian region, including one of the poorest school districts in the nation. Region(s) : Statewide.

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