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The Microlearning Moment in Workplace Learning

Edsurge

These dynamics are at the center of what my colleagues and I have been studying in our recent research with employers exploring this new landscape for workplace learning. Our analysis highlights a world in which learning is increasingly more digital, delivered when it is needed, and done in shorter and less structured ways than in the past.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2018, Mozilla said it would retire Backpack, its platform for sharing and displaying badges, and would help users move their badges to Badgr, software developed by the tech company Concentric Sky. But “precision education” does not simply rely on the assessment or behavioral data that feeds most learning software algorithms.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Getting Smart and the XQ Institute have released a “landscape analysis of competency-based education.” Juni Learning has raised $790,000 from Arielle Zuckerberg, Jessica Livingston, Adora Cheung, and Deborah Quazzo for – you guessed it – private tutoring. ” Testing. ” Go, School Sports Team!