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COVID-19 Is Accelerating the Digital Blending of Working and Learning

Edsurge

And because of social distancing, we find ourselves living in world that is even more digital–and the evidence of that shift is all around us. E-commerce purchases of all types have surged. Restaurants have rapidly shifted to online and mobile ordering, and are speeding up the deployment of digital kiosks that replace human workers.

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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. I went on the hunt, and I created – just using Google Drawings and Canva – these #MakingGoogleMaster badges. Listen Now. They’re very simple.

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15 Alternatives To Report Cards

TeachThought - Learn better.

Benchmark assessments “(e)valuate student performance at periodic intervals, frequently at the end of a grading period. Digital Badges Strengths Offer a modern and motivational way to recognize and validate student achievements. Digital badges recognize and validate students’ skills and achievements in specific areas.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

In the CBE environment students enter a program of study at different times and progress at different rates. The use of practice quizzes along with digital badging systems and other formative assessment tools can assist students in measuring their own progress, as well as providing motivational support.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Publishers have sought to restrict libraries’ access to e-book lending, for example, blaming libraries for declining sales.

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