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eLearning in the Age of Automation

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In 2011, I took a human-computer interaction course at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Unless there is a fundamental economic and societal shift that occurs as a result of automation, millions of people are going to need training to find a new line of work. How could capitalism survive in such an environment?

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Digital Badges for Educational Achievement

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The Mozilla Foundation launched its Open Badges project in September 2011. For example, a summer camp may award a “Master Welder” badge for successfully attaching two pieces of metal together, while a professional association may award an identically-named and similar-looking badge for completing 40 hours of hands-on training.

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