A Principal's Reflections

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

For the better part of my educational career, I always referred to any type of learning to assist me as a teacher or administrator as professional development (PD). It was always referred to like this, so who was I to argue. It is crucial always to align any professional learning with current trends and needs.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 23, 2018

The two—which collectively serve about 180,000 learners—want to create a model that is customizable enough to help a high school student get a jumpstart on their associate degree and a 55-year-old professional learn a new skill. Birmingham will be ground zero for their learning and workforce model.

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Shake Up Learning

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. Special thanks to TCEA and IDEAcon , and all of the amazing educators engaging in professional learning. Work with Shake Up Learning and Kasey Bell. Subscribe to Shake Up Learning on YouTube. Asynchronous Learning Tips for Teachers. What is Synchronous Learning?

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Shake Up Learning

JANUARY 22, 2019

This makes it so easy to refer students back to a particular activity. You could even gamify this idea and give digital badges for accomplishing a task or challenge. 6 hours of professional learning credit. Click here to learn more and to ENROLL TODAY! Use Direct Links to Assignments. Self-paced.

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 17, 2017

I’ve already made references to for-profit higher education in the second and third articles in this year-end series – on the “ innovation gospel ” and on the business of student loans. MIT will issue digital diplomas on the blockchain. In other badging news, Salesforce received a patent for badges.

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Hack Education

JULY 1, 2016

As Stephen Downes comments , “I find it interesting that they refer throughout to ‘ openly licensed educational materials ’ rather than ‘open educational resources’ – I wonder what the reasoning was behind that.” Conference of Mayors Resolves to Support Digital Badging ,” says Edsurge.

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