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Digital Badges for Educational Achievement

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The result: helping people of all ages gain and display 21st century skills and unlock new career and educational opportunities. If you’re an association education or technology director, you might be intrigued by the possibility of bringing badges to your members. From Mozilla’s Open Badges wiki page. Is my badging program needed?

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Content Curation & Association Education Strategy

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National associations or “communities of practice” have been in the business of content curation for many years: publishing journals, books containing the community’s body of knowledge, and face to face educational sessions. These are products the learner earns continuing education credits for taking. Nothing new you say?

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Podcast: All About Digital Badges

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Hear Jon and Andy Interviewed About Digital Badges for Learning Professionals on the eLearning Coach Podcast! Andy Hicken and I sure had a fun, interesting discussion about digital badges, microcredentialing, and more with Connie Malamed of the eLearning Coach podcast. We get into the educational (and psychological!)

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Associations’ Mission to Teach: Social Media vs. Formal Education

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In the midst of the Digital Age, we have instant access to knowledge that was once difficult or impossible to find. Educators, however, would argue that “informal learning”, although [.]. Just Google it”: a modern day mantra. Social media discussions have become a common way to obtain information.

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What Digital eLearning Trends will Emerge at the Chicago eLearning & Technology Showcase 2014?

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It is hosted by the Chicago chapters of the ASTD, ISPI, and STC, and at the Showcase speakers will explore cutting-edge advancements in instructional design, development tools, mobile learning, virtual classrooms, and other areas of the industry that continue to evolve in the digital world. appeared first on Web Courseworks.

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Top 8 Sessions to Attend at ASAE Annual and Why

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The numerous amount of networking opportunities, educational sessions, and ways to earn CAE credit truly makes this event so valuable. Association Digital Transformation (August 16, 2021 1:30 PM – 2:15 PM EDT). Digital transformation is happening, and it’s happening fast. Read the full description of the session here.

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How badges can benefit members and promote member engagement within your professional association

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EDUCAUSE is a non-profit association for IT professionals working in higher education, and strives to help those who lead, manage, and use information technology to shape strategic decisions at every level. Mission: to advance higher education through the use of information technology. What is digital badging and why does it matter?