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The Winners and Filmstrips of An (Almost) Decade in Education Technology

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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.

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The Beginning of a New Era in the Online Degree Market

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Additionally, in another example of blending of online and in-person education, Coursera has begun a pilot offering its online MOOC courses to students at its campus partners. Another key MOOC-based degree is the iMBA at the University of Illinois, launched in 2016 with Coursera–a $22,000 program that now enrolls more than 1,000 students.

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It’s Time to Digitally Transform Community College

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While high-resolution data for community colleges isn’t available, we can see evidence for this in proxies such as Google search trends , consumers’ growing openness and intention to study online , booming MOOC enrollment , and publicly-traded online learning company enrollment results.

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Making Learning Meaningful with Badges and Missions

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Below is the archive of the Twitter chat with our participants and experts sharing tips and resources about student motivation with digital badges and missions. Will Deyamport ( @IamDrWill ) and Noah Geisel ( @SenorG ). You can still join the free course. Our focus for the upcoming week is integrating technology effectively.

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Tips for Teacher Motivation, Goal-Setting, and PLNs!

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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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9 Reasons You Should Join the Free Goal Minded Teacher Online Course!

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Keep a digital portfolio of your accomplishments and digital badges for current and future employment opportunities. Learn how to integrate technology effectively through hands-on collaborative tasks and materials development. Participate in hands-on activities you can apply now to your instructional practice.

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MIT Starts University Group to Build New Digital Credential System

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Jonathan Finkelstein, CEO of Credly, a company that offers services for colleges, employers and students to manage digital credentials (and which owns patents for digital badges), welcomed the new effort. Having more institutions stand up for that notion is a great thing for this movement,” he says.

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