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There Are 700K+ Credentials — and Counting. Which Ones Are ‘Quality’?

Edsurge

Credential Engine hopes its database will eventually help people discern which credentials offer the most value for personal learning and employment opportunities. What may sound like a meditative exercise in patience does have a practical purpose.

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OPINION: The new lifelong learner — an education to match America’s economic needs

The Hechinger Report

That’s why employers and prospective employees will need to get more comfortable with alternative credentialing like specialized certifications, micro degrees and digital badges. Related: Apprenticeships could provide a path to the middle class for millions of workers, new study says.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

.” Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”). Via the Coursera blog : “Coming soon to all courses: Flexible session-based schedules.” Education Dive makes claims about “ MOOCs as tools for equity in under-resourced high schools.” ” Imperial College London has joined edX.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

Online Education and the Once and Future “MOOC” If you can’t create revenue, raise venture capital. University joins growing number of institutions opting to outsource online course development on fee-for-service basis.” Related, via Doug Belshaw : “Some thoughts on the future of the Open Badges backpack.”

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Online Education (and the Once and Future “MOOC”). “Free MOOCs Face the Music,” writes Inside Higher Ed on edX ’s decision to start charging fees. More “MOOC” news under the job training section below. Open Learning has raised $8.5 million for its MOOC platform.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

You’ll remember Gove, of course, from his role as the former education secretary and as special friend of News Corp's Joel Klein. ” She promises that every kid will learn to code (of course) by having the private sector train CS teachers. Online Education (The Once and Future “MOOC”).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

The real digital divide, this article contends, is not that affluent children have access to better and faster technologies. (Um, There are, of course, vast inequalities in access to technology — in school and at home and otherwise — and in how these technologies get used. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.”

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