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9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!

Teacher Reboot Camp

Unlike most professional development, we work with you in finding out which goal setting strategies work best for you. Keep a digital portfolio of your accomplishments and digital badges for current and future employment opportunities. Participate in hands-on activities you can apply now to your instructional practice.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

Edsurge

If we want to make sure community colleges can meet the rising demand, we need to not only devise new policies and funding mechanisms, but we also need to re-envision the strategies and infrastructure of community colleges so that they can play a powerful role in the economic recovery. Better state-level coordination could also help.

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

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In a tight economy, many major employers are launching or expanding “ education as benefit ” strategies to retain and develop their workforces. Recently, Coursera announced a modular MOOC-based bachelor’s degree with the University of North Texas, and edX is experimenting with “ MicroBachelors ” programs as pathways to degrees.

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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

Put simply, the short-lived recession of 2020 has given way to a massive shortage of workers and skills in 2021–and placed talent strategy and human capital back at the top of corporations’ strategic agendas. And employers are competing to attract and retain employees in what is being called a “ war for talent. ”

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Higher Education Joins the Blockchain Party

Edsurge

Joining us were Phil Komarny, VP of innovation at Salesforce ; Aparna Krishnan, a UC Berkeley student and a leader of the Blockchain at Berkeley student group; and Roberto Santana, advisor to product and strategy at BitDegree. He pointed out that anyone may put false information—like a degree or digital badge—on their LinkedIn profile.

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An Index Of Online Courses For Teachers: Summer 2015

TeachThought - Learn better.

IOC Athlete MOOC via Independent. College Readiness Math MOOC. iTDI Summer School MOOC For English Teachers. Digital Badge: Rockets to the Rescue! Art and Inquiry: Museum Teaching Strategies For Your Classroom. Go To Class | Next Session : Self Paced. Knowledge Is Golden. Chesscademy via Independent.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

However, with emerging deliver models such as Competency-based Educational (CBE) and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) gaining traction in higher education, it may make sense to consider student autonomy in the design of online learning. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.