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To Better Serve Adult Learners, Eliminate the Barriers Between Work and Learning

Edsurge

Integrating Learning and Work in Service of Adult Learners Adult learners are typically driven by career-related motivations: according to one analysis, 70 percent of adult learners say that gaining skills and knowledge directly related to the workplace is essential when choosing where to enroll.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

The collaborative data analysis process helps the school frame a systemic problem of practice that can best be solved by the entire school staff. By including the entire school staff in these processes, we create a common shared ownership of the problem. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Our analysis highlights a world in which learning is increasingly more digital, delivered when it is needed, and done in shorter and less structured ways than in the past.

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Support English Learners with Micro-credentials from Digital Promise

Ask a Tech Teacher

If you successfully demonstrate competence, you will receive the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge. Perhaps one of the most critical areas in today’s education landscape, and an area where Digital Promise micro-credentials are making an immediate impact, is supporting English learners.

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Digital Badges: Better Than Grades?

Education with Technology

An “Introductory paragraph” badge will demonstrate that the student can successfully write an introductory paragraph for two essays. These writing badges represent specific writing proficiencies.

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Turning ‘Google Maps for Education’ From Metaphor to Reality

Edsurge

Dozens of credentialing institutions and quality assurance bodies are already posting information on the registry, which includes different kinds of credentials, from degrees, certificates and certifications to licenses, badges, and micro-credentials. This can add value to existing information sources like the U.S.

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The Power of Positive Climate and Culture

EdTechTeam

Digital Badging. Teachers can videotape events in their room to share with support leaders or the Culture and Climate Team for analysis and debriefing. Use the train-the-trainer model and give intense training to building-level instructional coaches who will be available for support, too. Providing Support.