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Alternate Credentials provide ways to acknowledge an individual’s completion of work, whether it is a non-credit course, a seminar, or other professional learning. Below are resources that explore various ways credentials, including digital badges, are being used by institutions in higher education and otherwise.
- Giving Credit Where and When It Is Due: Adventures in Digital Credentials and Badges, This session from the 2013 EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Annual Meeting explores programs outside higher education—as well as some pioneering projects in the postsecondary sphere—are adopting digital credentials and badge-empowered learning.
- Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees , Georgetown University, June 5, 2012. Certificates have grown to become the second most common postsecondary award in the U. (over 1 million are awarded each year). This report looks at certificates in the context of rising college costs and student loan debt.
- Not Just Degrees, Inside Higher Education, June 6, 2012. This article shines the light on the little discussed educational certificate.
- 7 Things You Should Know About Badges, ELI 7 Things You Should Know, June 2012
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Alternate Credentials
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Alternate Credentials True Alternate Credentials provide …
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Badges
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Badges True Badges represent a way of acknowledging achie…
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How Badges Really Work in Higher Education
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June 20, 2013
Digital badge initiatives at colleges and universities across the country are challenging assumptions about learning and assessment. Digital badg…
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Certificates: Gateway to Gainful Employment and College Degrees
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June 5, 2012
Certificates have grown to become the second most common postsecondary award in the U. (over 1 million are awarded each year). This report looks at certificates in the context of rising colle…
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Not Just Degrees
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June 6, 2012
This article shines the light on the little discussed educational certificate. This article shines the light on the little discussed educational …
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7 Things You Should Read About Badges
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May 29, 2013
Badges represent a way of acknowledging achievements or skill acquisition more granular than a college degree. The resources below provide an overview of the uses of badges and their im…
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State U Online
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April 23, 2013
Author Rachel Fishman, examines the most common challenges to implementing successful distance-education programs, including cost, quality, and faculty buy-in. Fishman decribes 5 steps to success…
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Thinking about Accreditation in a Rapidly Changing World
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April 1, 2013
Online learning has provided a platform for rethinking delivery models, yet much of accreditation is not designed to account for these new approaches. Paul J. LeBlanc is Presiden…
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The Beginning of Something Big
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March 7, 2013
Thanks to MOOCs, online learning has gained worldwide attention from academic leaders, trustees, legislators, and the media. The power of technology enables massive scale and allows learning and …
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Interview and Interactive Q&A Session with Speakers Kyle Bowen, Purdue University; Amy McQuigge, Empire State College SUNY; and Danielle Mirliss and Michael Soupios, Seton Hall University
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February 4, 2013
Join us for an exclusive interview and take advantage of this unique opportunity to engage in dialogue with four speakers who will comment on and discuss their presentations from the face-to-face…
