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How Micro-credentials Can Support Social Mobility in Rural Communities

Digital Promise

The pandemic has intensified the need to leverage digital tools, such as micro-credentials, to promote local economic growth. I know for me and traditional classroom settings, when you talk about a semester, that’s a long time. I think that part of it is great and new.

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Touted as the next big solution, competency ed programs that stress skills aren’t always a ‘quick and easy moneymaker,’ study finds

The Hechinger Report

Concerns about the quality and price of traditional academic programs in higher education have generated interest in competency-based programs that allow students to learn at their own pace, with up to 600 institutions now interested in developing, building or offering these new programs. Credit: Getty Images.

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Why This Mid-Sized North Carolina District Is Rethinking Its Approach to Edtech Procurement

ED Surge

Here, she explains how Course of Mind is helping her district strategically incorporate learning technology into their curriculum. EdSurge: What led you to enroll in the Launch into Learning Sciences course ? We're about 60 percent economically disadvantaged here in the district. So, we do try to look at equity.

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How to Start a School Design Project

Digital Promise

What we now know in learning science is that learning is complex, often unpredictable, and a socially developed phenomenon.”. If we want schools to support human development and learning, Wilson says, we need to begin to question some of what we’ve inherited. Prioritize equity. Quick tips for playful classroom design.

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What happens when college students discuss lab work in Spanish, philosophy in Chinese or opera in Italian?

The Hechinger Report

Traditional language learning in the U.S. Wilson wants to learn science-specific vocabulary and have Spanish skills “to communicate across barriers.” Costel-Tudor Voica, a junior from Moldova majoring in economics, said that being in a class with native speakers was thrilling: “I can take my Chinese to the next level.”.

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Inside the Push to Bring AI Literacy to Schools and Colleges

ED Surge

She is a member of President Biden's National AI Advisory Committee and a co-author of the 2022 World Economic Forum report, "A Blueprint for Inclusivity in AI.” She is a member of President Biden's National AI Advisory Committee and a co-author of the 2022 World Economic Forum report, "A Blueprint for Inclusivity in AI.”

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