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Beyond Badges: Why Personalized Learning Advocates Need to Care about Blockchain

Doug Levin

While digital badging and its underlying technical approach points a way forward to solving some of the issues associated with a ‘distributed proof of learningsystem, there has emerged another approach that might hold even more promise: blockchain technology.

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4 Digital learning trends for Higher Education

Neo LMS

So let’s explore a few online learning trends that I think are currently shaping how colleges and universities will prepare students for the future. Competency-based learning. Instructors can use personalized learning platforms to create online courses and assign competencies to each learning activity.

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How digital badges are shaking up teacher PD

eSchool News

Digital badging has arrived on the scene as a leading contender to close this gap and help provide teachers with a clear path to professional growth, and the micro-credentials to prove it. Badges provide a unique opportunity to allow teachers to expand their professional knowledge in ways that are relevant, valuable and engaging.

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Agency: Important for Students and Educators

A Principal's Reflections

Various pathways to personalize learning and make it more personal are also emphasized. Educators should have more choice over how they learn themselves. Accountability for learning is ensured through a vetting process and the badge represents the successful achievement of a learning goal.

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Using Micro-credentials for Personalized Professional Development

Digital Promise

The ACT Network brings together shared school leadership teams—teachers, principals, central office staff who serve the schools, and community advocates—to analyze a school’s data sources, including demographic data, perception and survey data, learning data, and program data. Personalized PD strengthens both individual and group skills.

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Micro-credentials for teacher PD: Why? What? How?

Neo LMS

But I digress… technology, specifically in the form of micro-credentials (sometimes called digital badging) has emerged not only as a powerful, accessible and appropriate way to learn online, but is also allows teachers to manage their time and resources better (keep in mind many teachers pay for PD out their own pocket).

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What Problems Has Edtech Solved, and What New Ones Did It Create?

Edsurge

I’m confident that the coming decade will finally show the wave of breakthroughs in teaching and learning that can happen when technology, data and networks reach everyone in a system. Open digital badges. What technology never lived up to expectations or the hype? Certain interoperability efforts.

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