Month: November 2014

The 11 Skills Underlying 21st Century New Literacies

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Historically speaking, studies of literacy have undergone two major shifts over the last four or five decades. The first shift took place in early seventies and eighties with the publication of a series of works such as The Literacy…

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4 Common E-Portfolio Mistakes to Avoid — Campus Technology

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Electronic portfolio projects have great potential to impact learning, assessment, and professional development. Yet expanding e-portfolios campuswide and sustaining the program isn’t easy. Here are four pitfalls to watch out for. Source: campustechnology.com See on Scoop.it – Blended…

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Give recognition for your student’s achievements – Award them Open Badges

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Open Badges is a new digital reward system which allows students to verify their skills, interests and achievements and store them all in one place.  The badges are awarded by completing a series of tasks or meeting a…

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Moodle 2.8 is now available!

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Twice a year, in May and November, I have the privilege of announcing the latest major Moodle release that bundles up all the work from Moodle HQ and the whole community over the previous six months. Today we…

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Moodle 2.8 Release Highlight: Event Monitor

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Moodle 2.8 introduces a new Events Monitor tool that can notify teachers and admins when certain patterns of behaviour are detected. Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it – Moodlicious

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What is blended learning?

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Andrea Edginton was tepid about teaching when her academic career began six years ago. She had gained scant lecture experience in her PhD program and was annoyed by students who showed little motivation in class. On joining the…

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Administrators: How to Model Digital Leadership | Spin Education

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Too often, I hear about administrators asking teachers to use technology without proper instruction or implementation. All the while, many of those administrators have little or no clue about the same technology—even as they advertise its classroom use…

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The Top 5 Moodle Plugins for Educators

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There are tons of great tools that integrate directly with Moodle to offer better collaboration, personalized learning and communication. In developing the MediaCore Moodle plugin we gained experience working with Moodle and became familiar with the ecosystem of…

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