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Tech, Tools & Learning Strategies for 21st Century Education 8/8/2018

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  • ED Accepting Proposals for Consortium OER Pilots

    The U.S. Department of Education has finally made a move on its efforts to fund development of open educational resources. The agency issued a notice this week inviting proposals for an "open textbooks pilot program" with an Aug. 29, 2018 deadline.

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  • Nonprofit Seeks Test Pilots for Digital Credentials Push

    Education Design Lab, a nonprofit that's testing out new models for education that integrate credentials, has teamed up with digital badge service provider Credly to solidify a program that will let colleges and universities issue nationally designed digital credentials that recognize workforce-relevant skills.

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  • 6 Ways to Build a Better CBE Program

    Sinclair Community College's competency-based education program for online students forces candidates to write a "vision" statement, has disabled discussion forums in its courses and boots out students who don't make the 80 percent cut score. And its CBE students are credentialing at three times the rate of students in ordinary online programs.

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