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

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Non-Degree Microcredentials as Pathways to Lifelong Learning and Degrees From digital badges and nanodegrees, to MicroMasters and new types of certificates, there’s an explosion of professionally-oriented microcredential offerings , and employers are increasingly aware of and accepting of these educational options.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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Given the sizeable and crucial population of students served by community colleges, all of this means that policymakers, edtech companies, four-year institutional partners and others must consider how we can build a technology infrastructure and a set of strategies to transition community colleges into the increasingly digital future.

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New Effort Adds College Credit to Apprenticeship Programs

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For example, someone who completes a one-year apprenticeship with IBM in software engineering not only sets the foundation for a career at the company, but also will be able to earn up to 45 college credits for that experience, giving her about a three-semester head start on earning an associate or bachelor’s degree.

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New Ways to Gamify Learning

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Awarding badges for the accomplishment of steps or completion of skills has become popular in many schools. Student digital badges show knowledge they’ve acquired that can then be posted to their personal webpage, blogs, LMSs, or anywhere else that takes digital input.

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Higher Ed Should Pay Attention to the Corporate World’s Growing Use of Skills Data

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First, it is important for higher ed to recognize that digital credentialing — which can provide richer, more granular and machine-readable data on learning outcomes and skills — should not be limited to the discussion about non-degree “alternative credentials” and digital badges.

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With the Internet of Things, Smart Dishwashers Can Give Kids Chores

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Future features on the product roadmap include digital badges and reports on children’s behavior measured by the app. a month, there are further management options including assigning late penalties and automatic allocation of points. Rajendran, 43, and Xavier, 41, met at PayPal and founded S’moresUp in 2017.

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How Do You Patent an Edtech Idea, Anyway?

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Our lawyer was very honest with us about how volatile intellectual property is, especially in the software space. Who Owns Digital Badges? That’s the most important piece of the puzzle after you have something that can clear the hurdles of what can and can’t be patented. A Company's Patent on Credential System Raises Questions.

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