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Community colleges have a long history of engaging local employers to guide curriculum design and delivery decisions.
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Obtaining Employer Input for Validation of Micro-Credentials
April 24, 2022
Community colleges have a long history of engaging local employers to guide curriculum design and delivery decisions.
Authentic Assessment and Digital Badges
December 7, 2020
Digital badges fit perfectly into a remote learning model. With emergency closures of school buildings due to the pandemic, instructors yearn for ways to engage and motivate students in a remote environment. Robin Nickel summarizes Adam Shaw’s design steps and compare them to digital badge design and assessment.
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March 11, 2020
I’m often asked about integrating badges into existing grading plans for credit courses. At Madison College, students are assessed in eight soft skills, called Core Workforce Skills, and in 2020 instructors began issuing digital badges to students earning them across a variety of credit courses.
Employers give equal value to credentials and degrees
Ellucian. (2019)
Degree attained
50%
Credentials
50%
Source: Ellucian. (2019) “Credential clout : How higher ed can prepare for an evolving job market” retrieved from credential-clout-survey.pdf
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