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Reimagining Assessment

Digital Badges and Academic Transformation

In higher ed, digital badges represent successful completion of a variety of learning experiences both inside and outside of the traditional for-credit course.
Professional Learning

Digital Badging: the Rise of Skillbuilding Recognition at EDUCAUSE

If you haven’t already earned a digital badge—or don’t know someone who has—you might be wondering what they’re all about. Digital badges are a highly visible way to document incremental, lifelong learning that can also be used to recognize professional engagement and achievements.
Why Schools Need to Change

Embracing Real-World Work as Bona Fide Learning Experience

Some colleges and university systems are exploring alternative routes to granting academic credit.
Technology Tools

Investing in Personalized Learning Strategies to Improve College Student Outcomes

Jason Palmer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation shares his passion for the power of education to transform lives.
Technology Tools

Leveraging analytics to study and improve learning

With E2Coach, the University of Michigan is using data and student and faculty feedback to tailor support to students.
Technology Tools

The LMS of the Future: Exploring the Next Generation Digital Learning Environment

If you could replace your current LMS with any application or platform you could imagine, what would it look like?
New Designs for School

NEW REPORT: Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning - What can you learn from breakthrough schools?

Today, you can download a complimentary copy of the comprehensive report, Lighting the Path to Personalized Learning: Inspiring Stories from Next Generation Schools.
New Designs for School

NGLC releases profiles of latest grantees

These one-page snapshots provide a quick overview of each NGLC school/college and their plans for breakthrough change.
New Designs for School

In One Year, SC Turnaround School Pulls a Stunning 180

If 40,000 kids’ lives could be changed through education better tailored to their needs, would you believe it?
Designing for Equity

Online Education Behind Bars

For the adult prison population, the benefits of a college education, combined with supportive re-entry services, are undeniable. What major challenges and signs of hope lay in store for this group?