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Educator Micro-credentials are Grounded in Research

Digital Promise

Accessed and awarded online, micro-credentials leverage an online technology platform to provide educators competency-based, on-demand, personalized, and shareable opportunities to demonstrate and be recognized for their professional learning. Grounding micro-credentials in research is central to their gaining acceptance in the field.

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How to Integrate Computational Thinking with “Look Fors”

Digital Promise

We’ve developed “Look for” documents to support teachers and administrators in envisioning how this fusion could work in elementary and middle school classrooms. Look for” documents show promise for districts committed to developing their own K-12 computing pathways. Read our White Paper: RPPforCS Resources for Projects.

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Making an environment where teachers can create bespoke lessons

The Hechinger Report

. In their transition to using more personalized learning, the Bristol-Warren Regional School District in Rhode Island made professional development a priority. Teachers create research projects and present their findings to colleagues. Students are also part of this work.

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Valuing Professional Learning through Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

District leaders are looking to provide educators with personalized support that will identify and develop skills and practices to support powerful student learning – and micro-credentials are one such tool to meet this need.

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Moving from Challenges to Solutions: The Future of Educator Micro-credentials

Digital Promise

Digital Promise gathered developers, researchers, educators, and thought leaders from the educator professional development field on January 9-10 in Redwood City, California, for The Future of Educator Micro-credentials Summit. Investigate through research and supporting guiding questions to prepare solutions.

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What We Learn from Making

Digital Promise

The report offers a glimpse of the emerging findings of AbD’s multiyear research initiative, exploring the promises, practices, and pedagogies of maker-centered learning. offer more maker-related professional development experiences for educators. expand research that examines maker experiences through a learning lens.

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Meet the New APSA Committee on the Status of Disability in the Profession

Political Science Now

Core parts of the mission also include advancing research on disability and developing and promoting curricular materials on disability. Her research and teaching interests include American politics, gender, caregiving, and disability politics and policy. Hirschmann is Geraldine R.