WEATHER:

Storm Prediction Center: https://www.spc.noaa.gov/

CBE (Competency Based Education) via Skills and Knowledge Base using Badges and Certifications:

• • Is Amazon Training Its Workers or Creating a College Alternative?

    • • • https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/07/17/perspectives-field-amazons-big-dollar-entry-training-workers?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=5f12a2352f-DNU_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-5f12a2352f-197346141&mc_cid=5f12a2352f&mc_eid=b902934ccc 

• • Non-degree ‘badges’ are booming. Are they really useful?

    • • • https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/non-degree-badges-are-booming-are-they-really-useful 

• •  COA via SNHU:

    • • • https://collegeforamerica.org/for-students/competency-based-education/  

https://www.magnapubs.com/digital-badging/?st=pmail%3Bsc%3D4569&mailingID=5251&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=New+Partnership+with+Credly+and+Magna+Publications+to+Launch+Digital+Badging+Program&utm_campaign=4569+230801+Magna+Digital+Badging+e1 

With the emergence of artificial intelligence and automation, upskilling with sought-after hard skills is probably the best way to ensure job retention. The world is so agile that the future of work will require specific knowledge and skills.

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/opinionista/2019-07-24-when-degrees-are-not-enough-millennials-must-do-short-courses/?_scpsug=crawled,2467493,en_f4951513b79204b7dcf70c7ed65dad93f8387245230f0446730553d051b92a98#_scpsug=crawled,2467493,en_f4951513b79204b7dcf70c7ed65dad93f8387245230f0446730553d051b92a98  

What If We Didn't Grade? A Bibliography

https://www.jessestommel.com/ungrading-a-bibliography/ 

HUMAN SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGY 

Washington becomes the first state to legalize composting of humans

https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/22/us/washington-human-composting-legal-trnd/index.html  

BIOS URN: https://urnabios.com/  

Audubon golf course being converted to a cemetery for former Poorhouse bodies

https://news.wbfo.org/post/audubon-golf-course-being-converted-cemetery-former-poorhouse-bodies 

“I Purchased One Each For My Husband And Myself” – Georgie’s Bios Story

https://urnabios.com/a-woodland-burial-with-bios-urn-georgies-bios-story/?utm_source=WEB+Subscribers&utm_campaign=cb1f6204be-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_03_27_04_11_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_e5a1a4df2a-cb1f6204be-115555881&mc_cid=cb1f6204be&mc_eid=f92827618d 

Cremations preferred over burials for final disposition

https://news.wbfo.org/post/cremations-preferred-over-burials-final-disposition 

ONLINE TEACHING

Online Teaching Tools and Resources: https://cls.yale.edu/faculty/resources/online-teaching-tools-and-resources#teaching-tools 

PoRTAL: Purdue Repository for online Teaching and Learning

https://www.purdue.edu/innovativelearning/supporting-instruction/portal/?fbclid=IwAR2r19PpNUE_CzMqXGp4EaCyHvM7D-O-4Q8S8tpNFDEYT40U-NPFWS_vuZg#h03  

Diversity: