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Ed Tech: Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs

Because there will be a test. In education, there always is.

Your Cheat Sheet to 10 Fads, Trends, and WTFs in Ed Tech, Frank Catalano, GeekWire

Open Badges Are Unlocking the Emerging Jobs Economy

Employment chain has weak signaling--employers don't efficiently pinpoint skill gaps & individuals don't have efficient ways to share demonstrated skills.

Open Badges Are Unlocking the Emerging Jobs Economy, Tom Vander Ark, Ed Week

So You Think You Can Educate Adults?

A roundup of some of the most interesting trends & innovations in adult ed.

So You Think You Can Educate Adults? Alexander Russo, edSurge

Margaret Spellings on the Future of Education

Former Education Secretary predicts schools will be student driven with no grade levels.

Margaret Spellings on the Future of Education, Margaret Spellings, Wall Street Journal

ClassDojo Raises $8.5M From Shasta Ventures, Others

Company aims to help make classroom behavior management fun and easy.

ClassDojo Raises $8.5M From Shasta Ventures, Others, Kia K., VentureBeat

Digital Badges Need Mass to Matter

The next iteration of badges will be more than a pretty button.

Digital Badges Need Mass to Matter, Frank Catalano, edSurge

Pearson Offers a Badge Platform

Co will offer proprietary badge platform based on Mozilla’s open standards.

Pearson Offers a Badge Platform, Lawrence Biemiller, The Chronicle

Epic! Raises $1.4 Million from Menlo Ventures, Others

Company provides an all-you-can-read eBook subscription service for kids 12 and under. 

Epic! Raises $1.4 Million from Menlo Ventures, Others, Rebecca Grant, Venture Beat

Groundbreaking Digital Badge System at UC-Davis

The badges are no threat to the UCD degrees. They document experiential learning.

Badging From Within, Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open"

“Data” and “open” represent opposite directions in ed-tech: the former towards a consolidation of power; the latter towards its distribution.

Top Ed-Tech Trends of 2013: The Battle for "Open," Audrey Watters, Hack Education

College Diplomas are Meaningless. This is How to Fix Them.

Here are design specs for upgrading the sheepskin.

How to Fix Meaningless College Diplomas. Reid Hoffman, The New Republic

Badges? There's a MOOC for That

This free and open MOOC is designed to help teams define their own badge initiatives.

Badges: A New Currency for Professional Credentials, Deborah Everhart, wcet

8 of 10 Gamification Projects Suck, Badgeville Plans to Fix It

Good gamification on a bad product is frustrating. Bad gamification on a good product is confusing. But, bad gamification on a bad product is just a complete train wreck.

8 in 10 Gamification Projects Suck, Badgeville to Fix That, John Koetsier, VentureBeat

Blackboard Validates Mozilla Digital Badges

Digital badges are integrated into Blackboard Learn and CourseSites. 

Blackboard Validates Mozilla Digital Badges, Dian Schaffhauser, The Journal

Clinton Project Promotes ‘Open Badges’ Online Credentials

At CGI, DePaul & ITIC pledged to use badges in hiring, admissions, credentialing.

Clinton Project Promotes ‘Open Badges’ Online Credentials, Tamar Lewis, NYT

How Mozilla’s Open Badges May Work In the Real World

Here's a list of 600+ badge-creating and -designing partners, including NASA & Pixar.

How Mozilla’s Open Badges May Work In the Real World, Ian Quillen

Who is Kris Duggan?

He's the CEO and Founder of Badgeville. Here's how he hires and sets the company culture.

Getting Stuff Done: It's a Goal and a Rating System, Adam Bryant, New York Times

Digital Badges, Informal Learning, and Motivation

Badges record informal learning achievement and create learning pathways. But...

Digital Badges Would Represent Student Skill Acquisition, Katie Ash, Education Week

Are Badges the 'Killer App' in Higher Education?

Higher ed is out of sync. Without quick changes, alternatives will emerge and dominate.

Digital Badges: Catalyst or Killer App in Higher Ed? Kyle Peck, The Evolllution

Free Courses May Shake Universities' Monopoly

Disruption in higher ed explained. Electronic portfolios, stackable credentials, badges.

Free Courses May Shake Universities Monopoly on Credit, Jon Marcus, The Hechinger Report