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Flexible education organisation

Students expect convenience and freedom of choice, to study what they want, in their own time, place and pace. As long as they study, but also in lifelong development. Institutions should offer flexibility where students ask for it, for instance making the education offer more flexible, facilitating student mobility and issuing digital certificates.
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Open Education API wins Golden API Award

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Showing exam marks in a student app? Registering for a course at another institution? It can be done easily with the Open Education API. No wonder this API won the Golden API Award on 23 November. …

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With edubadges, we can better differentiate student skills

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At Rotterdam University, students get credits for the knowledge they acquire, but how do you reward skills properly? The university uses edubadges to offer differentiation in this respect, so that students gain skills at the level that suits them and they can make these visible on their CVs.

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eduID vs ECK iD: the differences and possibilities

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Since the development of eduID, we at SURF regularly get questions about the difference between eduID and ECK iD. A common question is: "We already have ECK iD, so what do we still need eduID for?". In this article, we address that. We explain what the two are, what the differences are and how they can complement each other.
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What you need to know about... education interoperability

SURF Short 16 minutes
Did you know that interoperability has a major impact on students' opportunities for development? What is needed to improve processes at the 'back end' so that students at the 'front end' can choose and develop as freely as possible?
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Investing in what is truly valuable with microcredentials

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To respond faster to technological developments and the great need for specialised IT staff, the Hogeschool van Amsterdam is setting an example with Make IT Work. A retraining programme in which students obtain microcredentials. "In this way, you make talent permanently employable," he says.
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Edubadges help students raise their profile

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Hanze University does not want anyone to leave without a recognised qualification. Edubadges fit seamlessly into this ambition, whether it is recognition for taking a single module or demonstrating acquired skills.
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What you need to know about... microcredentialing

SURF Short 15 minutes
Educational institutions are already experimenting with issuing microcredentials: digital certificates for small educational units such as a subject or a training course. Bart Lamboo is project leader for microcredentials at SURF. He explains what microcredentialing entails. How do we ensure, for example, that microcredentials are widely accepted?
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Onderwijslogistiek

Onderwijslogistiek is het geheel van processen, systemen en informatiestromen die het mogelijk maakt dat het onderwijs van onderwijsinstellingen gestroomlijnd verloopt. Onderwijslogistiek bewaakt de samenhang tussen processen, systemen en informatiestromen in de gehele cyclus van onderwijsontwikkeling tot en met diplomering.
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