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Alternative credentials now a must-have for traditional universities

July 11, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

More than half of higher education institutions (64 percent) participating in a recent survey said alternative credentials are an important strategy for institutions' future. That same survey also…

Microcredentials

Does your institution offer these top online degrees?

May 3, 2016 by Laura Devaney, Director of News, <a href='https://twitter.com/esn_laura' target='_blank'>@eSN_Laura</a>

According to a new report from ed-tech solutions provider The Learning House, 62 percent of online college students decide what they are interested in studying before they decide…

Campus Leadership

Fayetteville State U. launches digital badge tool

April 26, 2016 by Laura Ascione

Fayetteville State University has officially launched Merit pages, a digital badge tool that allows the university to celebrate student accomplishments in and out of the classroom. Used by…

Campus Leadership

Pearson, Capella U. partner to issue digital badges

April 11, 2016 by Bradwaid

Pearson and Capella University will partner in order to issue digital badges for students completing the online university’s National Security Agency (NSA) and Department of Homeland Security-designated master’s…

Campus Leadership

UMassOnline launches badge program

March 31, 2016 by Laura Ascione

UMassOnline, the University of Massachusetts' online consortium, has announced the first non-credit badge program, in Project Risk Management, offered through the College of Advancing and Professional Studies (CAPS)…

Campus Leadership

4 steps to bolstering digital badges in higher education

December 10, 2015 by By Ron Bethke

“Digital badges allow students to turn competencies and achievements to marketable credentials,” said Susan Manning, professor at the University of Wisconsin-Stout. Yet, unless clearly defined management processes are…

IT Leadership

Partnership highlights increasing use of digital credentials

August 20, 2015 by Laura Ascione

DeakinDigital, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deakin University, is partnering with Credly in the delivery of its new credentialing program, which it touts as an alternative to traditional…

IT Leadership

University’s digital badges to certify “discrete” skills

January 14, 2015 by Laura Ascione

Brandman University, a private nonprofit institution, has teamed up with Credly, provider of platforms for managing lifelong credentials, in an effort to enable learners to attain, manage, and…

IT Leadership

Gaming in education: ‘We don’t need no stinking badges’

May 22, 2014May 19, 2014 by By Jake New, Editor, @eCN_Jake, <a href='https://twitter.com/eCN_Jake' target='_blank'>@eCN_Jake </a>

Educators and game designers say gamification is not about adding games to classes, but designing classes as games Washington, D.C.– ... Read more

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Understanding the symbolism of digital badges

April 28, 2014April 24, 2014 by By Jake New, Editor, <a href='https://twitter.com/ecn_jake' target='_blank'>@eCN_Jake</a>

Washington, DC -- Kyle Bowen, director of education technology at Pennsylvania State University, said he thinks credentials, be they traditional grades or digital badges, are little more than…

Alternative credentials now a must-have for traditional universities

Does your institution offer these top online degrees?

Fayetteville State U. launches digital badge tool

Pearson, Capella U. partner to issue digital badges

UMassOnline launches badge program

4 steps to bolstering digital badges in higher education

Partnership highlights increasing use of digital credentials

University’s digital badges to certify “discrete” skills

Gaming in education: ‘We don’t need no stinking badges’

Understanding the symbolism of digital badges

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