Digital Promise

JANUARY 27, 2022

Though an estimated one-third of US workers across industries and occupations would benefit from developing digital skills—particularly among workers of color —fewer than 10 percent of people who need digital skills training and support are able to access education services due to longstanding systemic inequities.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

FEBRUARY 17, 2018

You can still join the free course and receive badges backed by the Ministry of Education in Spain and INTEF for activities you complete. The second week our focus is on student motivation and we will be designing learning missions and digital badges. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com !

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JANUARY 30, 2018

Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Keep a digital portfolio of your accomplishments and digital badges for current and future employment opportunities. Challenge: Join the #EduGoalsMOOC now!

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Digital Promise

OCTOBER 23, 2017

Today, according to a Burning Glass report, eight in 10 middle-skill level jobs require digital skills, such as online communication and productivity tools. Adult workers often do not have this training, and increasingly employers report difficulty finding qualified workers with digital middle skills.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

MAY 5, 2018

Get your copy of Hacking Digital Learning , The 30 Goals Challenge , or Learning to Go. Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! To inspire learning in the summer add them to a digital calendar that students click on to see the activity and receive a digital badge for completing the activity.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 16, 2018

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Note that before implementing the process, I already know what digital product I want students to create (timeline, infographic, video, etc.) Digital badge – students might also receive a digital badge for their completed projects.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 21, 2016

Goal: Design a badge for your students or another colleague. Accomplish this goal: For the past 4 years, I integrated badges into my courses and trainings to motivate, engage, add some fun to the curriculum, and build a community. Digital badges are having the same impact. Digital badges , by shellyterrell.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

APRIL 13, 2020

It provides practical insight into how well students comprehend digital literacy skills in relation to the 2016 ISTE Standards for Students. It is easy to set up and administer (no training required), provides teachers with a dashboard to track student progress and needs, and is compatible with all desktop and mobile devices.

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Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

The number of middle-skill jobs that require digital skills continues to grow. Last fall, in an effort to address this gap, Facebook pledged to train 3,000 Michiganders in digital skills by 2020 through the Digital Skills Micro-credential program created in partnership with Digital Promise.

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Edsurge

MARCH 25, 2021

A growing number of companies have moved beyond training their own employees or providing tuition assistance programs to send staff members to higher education. IBM runs a digital badging program , now in its seventh year, that has awarded 3.7 million credentials to date, growing at a 61 percent pace from 2019 to 2020.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 19, 2021

One path points toward on-the-job training. Apprenticeships have long been a mainstay for hiring people into skilled trades, but they’ve lately gained some momentum as a way to train people for office work , too, including for information technology positions that are in high demand. The other takes a detour through college.

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Educational Technology Guy

AUGUST 29, 2019

Once teachers create an account, they will be guided through training in Ozobot’s 2 Ways to Code: on-screen with OzoBlockly visual programming and screen-free with Color Codes.

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Edsurge

JULY 17, 2019

To help colleges teach the character traits and interpersonal skills that companies crave, nonprofit Education Design Lab has worked since 2013 to create curriculum and assessments that culminate in students earning digital badges intended to attract hiring managers. Companies want skilled employees, and talented students want jobs.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2021

This movement includes leveraging virtual training, analytics, tools and platforms to support our employees and maximize output. [By] “Maintaining connection and communication is critically important during these times and we need to challenge ourselves to source creative solutions to support cultural growth and connectivity.”

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eSchool News

JANUARY 26, 2021

However, not all teachers have received the adequate resources and training needed to teach remotely. In the context of education, gamification elements typically include digital badges, leaderboards, progress bars, and more. One of the major issues teachers are struggling with is effectively engaging students.

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eSchool News

JUNE 8, 2021

However, not all teachers have received the adequate resources and training needed to teach remotely. In the context of education, gamification elements typically include digital badges, leaderboards, progress bars, and more. One of the major issues teachers are struggling with is effectively engaging students.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 12, 2020

In addition to their associate degree offerings, community colleges enroll millions of students in certificate and non-credit training programs. IBM and Wake Technical Community College in North Carolina have partnered to jointly offer a digital badge on blockchain technology. That presents both an opportunity and a challenge.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Digital badges. Three types of edtech joined the “filmstrip” category in this decade: Learning Management Systems , MOOC s, and digital badges. They are a perfect example of what you get when you simply transfer analog practice to digital form and don’t make use of the advantages of the new medium. underwhelming.

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edWeb.net

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Sometimes, there is a skills gap between the desired career and the student’s training. During the edWebinar “ Digital Badge Credentials: Preparing Students with Special Needs for Employment,” the presenters discussed how and why digital badges can help students validate their training and verify their credentials with prospective employers.

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Digital Promise

DECEMBER 22, 2014

To address these different learning levels, RIFLI uses the Northstar Digital Literacy assessment exam as the basis for a curriculum that teaches how to use a computer to using Microsoft Excel and Word as well as social media, specifically Facebook. At the end of each course, RIFLI staff award digital badges to the students.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Both reports note that most jobs available today require some education or training beyond a high school diploma, and that on average, workers who have post-secondary credentials earn more than those who don’t. Crunching Credentials Data Why expend all this effort researching credentials?

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JULY 16, 2018

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! Note that before implementing the process, I already know what digital product I want students to create (timeline, infographic, video, etc.) Digital badge – students might also receive a digital badge for their completed projects. The Process.

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Edsurge

JUNE 19, 2020

It is still early in the adoption of these digital hiring practices—and how employers deploy them is still very much a “black box.” As those hiring methods go digital, they could speed adoption of new kinds of microcredentials and digital badges designed to show employers the fine-grained skills achieved during educational programs.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

MobileMind Sync allows districts to create and schedule synchronous training events, invite participants, track attendance, assign asynchronous prerequisite courses, and much more. MobileMind Sync also provides an excellent resource for department/grade-specific training and meetings (e.g. PLC, Data, or Team meetings).

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2019

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! .” Her ideas, experiences, and examples inspires us to think about our own learning environments in our classrooms and schools and determine how we can create communities where students thrive because we value what matters most. Valerie Lewis (@iamvlewis) June 22, 2019.

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Edsurge

JUNE 25, 2018

These tech jobs cut across industry sectors and many of them can be characterized as “ middle-skill ”—those that require more education and training than a high school diploma, but less than a four-year college degree.

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Edsurge

AUGUST 10, 2023

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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Digital Promise

MARCH 16, 2015

Completing a training program or receiving a degree is not a destination but one milestone in a learner’s journey. Additionally, micro-credentials create a platform for Mr. Smith to share his new skills through portable digital badges. And so goes on the journey of continuous learning.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

To do that requires competencies most teacher training programs never considered. If you successfully demonstrate competence, you will receive the micro-credential in the form of a digital badge. Despite this, the predominance of teachers possess little training in effective methods for supporting English learners.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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. Require clear guidelines and training for effective implementation.

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Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Many sectors, including education, acknowledge that learning does not end when formal training does. Specifically, educators can pursue micro-credentials, sharable as digital badges, to gain recognition for competencies they demonstrate throughout their careers, regardless of where it happens.

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The Hechinger Report

APRIL 1, 2024

One Alabama town is trying to change that We can help address this problem by creating a highly trained, skilled and culturally competent educator workforce. Traditional ESOL training and certification courses are typically based on credit accumulation, focusing on academic knowledge over real time application of learning.

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Teacher Reboot Camp

JUNE 23, 2019

Ask me about training your teachers, ShellyTerrell@gmail.com ! After the dancing he closed powerfully encouraging us not to be a passive consumer at conferences, but to ignite ourselves to jump around and get to know people and record how crazy we are about the learning we are consuming. Dr. Randall Sampson’s Ignite Talk.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 31, 2019

By some estimates, within a decade, only 30 to 40 percent of “college students” will physically attend a college to earn a degree, while many of the rest will shop for chunks of education and training that allow them to take the next step in their careers while also stacking toward an eventual degree.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Traditional forms of professional development (PD) such as “sit and get,” one-size-fits-all, and trainings lacking accountability have proven obsolete. Digital tools now allow for professional learning to take place anytime, anywhere, and with anyone.

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The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The university offers digital badges rather than degrees or certificates for the completion of some courses. That companies need trained employees is uncontested: More than three-quarters of U.S. Like Caterpillar, other big companies have cut back on employee training, boosting the need for third-party courses.

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

Some of those teachers spend upwards of 150 hours every year on training sessions, workshops and conferences that sometimes resemble what many students experience in the classroom: listening to a lecture and taking notes. These digital badges aim to signal that teachers can perform or demonstrate the skill for which they were awarded.

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