Edsurge

APRIL 25, 2018

Easy-to-use, video communication tools, like Zoom, Flipgrid, and VoiceThread enable one-on-one and small group conversations, regardless of geographic location. When students learn online, technology is the medium used to create content, assess learning, and foster interpersonal communications.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways. Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

In contrast, imagine a world where educators may be immediately and widely recognized for specific knowledge, skills, and mindsets that they demonstrate in transparent, competency-based ways. Micro-credentials, which provide recognition for these concrete competencies in the form of digital badges, could help facilitate this shift.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

The study, from nonprofit ed-tech advocacy group Digital Promise and consulting firm Grunwald Associates, takes a detailed look at how teachers say they feel about professional development and competency-based micro-credentials.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 25, 2015

Mozilla has recently kicked off two exciting new planning projects to help in- and out-of-school educators identify and teach digital-age skills, and to prototype badges with clear learning and achievement outcomes related to those skills.

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Educator Innovator

MARCH 25, 2015

Mozilla has recently kicked off two exciting new planning projects to help in- and out-of-school educators identify and teach digital-age skills, and to prototype badges with clear learning and achievement outcomes related to those skills.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 30, 2019

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. CZI took over the engineering of the learning management system from Facebook in 2017.). Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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