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'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas - 0 views

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    By Jeffrey R. Young in College 2.0 of The Chronicle of Higher Education, Jan 8 2012. This article looks at the use of badges to mark accomplishments and progress in online courses.
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    This article was mentioned in the Jam with special notice of the profile of one of OpenStudy's Level 40 Heros.
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7 Community Colleges Try an Online Doorway to Help Students Succeed - 0 views

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    By Josh Fischman, and part of The Chronicle (of Higher Education's) 2011 Special Report on Online Learning, published Nov 6 2011. Central Piedmont Community College developed an Online Student Portal learning system to improve retention among its students. They have had success with the system (in use 2004-2008). Now, with a Next Gen grant, they will roll the system out to 6 additional local schools to see if they can match the retention improvements. The system is based both on learning styles and on frequent intervention by students and counselors.
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    The Online Student Portal learning system is a wave 1 grantee.
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