Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) - PD Learning Network (PDLN) announces a new partnership with Cyberwise
to provide competency-based micro-credential badges for K-12 educators
with the new course “Digital Literacy for Teachers and Administrators.”
Through a partnership between PDLN and University of the Pacific, educators will also be able to earn professional development units for their work.
“Pairing the definitive Cyberwise digital
literacy curriculum with micro-credential badges makes perfect sense,”
explained Jennifer Gibson, CEO and co-found of PDLN. “The content is
central to the success of 21st century students, and micro-credential
badging is becoming an important way professionals build and demonstrate
skills.”
Cyberwise, with input from other digital and
media literacy experts, educators, media psychologists, law enforcement
officers, privacy and security experts, health professionals and more,
develops video and other digital curriculum for adults and youth to help
them learn to be wise and safe online.
The partnership course features Cyberwise’s
comprehensive “No Grownup Left Behind” curriculum that covers how to
balance life, relationships and screen time; digital citizenship,
ethical use and brain development; protecting online privacy; how to
conduct safe and healthy online relationships; managing one’s digital
reputation; and maximizing security from passwords to viruses.
“We’re thrilled to partner with PDLN in order
to get important information regarding digital literacy to the people
who need it most—educators working with our digital kids,” said Diana
Graber, co-founder of Cyberwise.org. “PDLN’s expertise in
competency-based professional learning, and particularly their ability
to award micro-credentials and digital badges, and to connect educators
with university professional development units, are added-value items
that we are delighted to be able to offer.”
PDLN’s credentialed reviewers assess course
participants’ evidence of learning against a rigorous evaluation rubric
and award digital badges that can be shared with colleagues, potential
employers, students, parents and more. Like all PDLN certified badge
courses, the Cyberwise course includes opportunities for educators to
demonstrate competency while creating materials and experiences they can
use in class with their own students.
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