5 Questions: What You Need to Know About MOOCs

Posted on November 23, 2015December 1, 2015 by Learning Technologies

What Are They? A Massive Open Online Course, or MOOC, is an online course that offers open access via the Internet for free or at a low cost. Many MOOCs are modeled after existing college or university courses, but unlike these courses, most MOOCs do not count for college credit. There are some exceptions, however,[…]

5 Questions: What You Need to Know About Digital Badges

Posted on September 14, 2015July 26, 2017 by Learning Technologies

What Are They? The MacArthur Foundation defines digital badges as: “an assessment and credentialing mechanism that is housed and managed online. Badges are designed to make visible and validate learning in both formal and informal settings and hold the potential to help transform where and how learning is valued.” Digital Badges are also known as micro[…]