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Why you should care about gamification in higher education

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Gamification has serious implications for college students—and perhaps it’s time higher education got serious about implementing game design. Source: www.ecampusnews.com See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab

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20 free data visualisation tools

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In this article, I want to focus on tips and tools that are free and easily accessible. There are loads of great paid tools out there, and I use many of them. But it is hard to expect…

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Data Is Beautiful is a hidden gem for gorgeous data visualizations

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Data visualization is one of the most delightful trends in media. It’s perfect for skimming and can turn a boring economic analysis into a work of art. Many practitioners are looking for inspiration in this quickly evolving field….

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How Visuals Help Us Learn

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…we thought it might be useful to take a look at why visuals are useful as classroom tools, and some do-s and don’t-s of using visuals. Enter the handy infographic below. While this particular visual isn’t necessarily geared…

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3 Knowledge Domains For The 21st Century Student

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Thinking in the 21st century is just different. That doesn’t mean we’re all suddenly omnipotent cyborgs, nor does it mean we’ve all become mindless social media addicts that spend our cognitive might tapping, swiping, and drooling on our smartphone…

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How To Create Learning Through Play

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What is the relationship between play and “flow”? And what does this all mean for formal and informal learning environments? Well, that depends on whether you see the role of play and self-direction in learning as necessary, or…

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How Do Digital Portfolios Help Students Learn?

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Anyone who has been in the classroom for some time knows that assessment for learning and assessment of learning don’t always have a clear distinction while we are engaged in instruction. The teaching/assessment cycle ebbs and flows, based…

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The power of digital student portfolios

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With the spreading use of computers and mobile technology in schools, going digital with student portfolios has become more popular. Simply put, digital portfolios are online collections of student work. They allow us to archive, curate and analyze…

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The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook

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The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook is the primary output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. It includes the summative findings of the Blended Synchronous Learning case studies, a Blended Synchronous Learning Design Framework, and a range of other…

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How Visual Design can Optimize eLearning

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We have always known that a picture is worth more than words and this is especially proven well in case of e-learning. Making use of graphics, games, designs will surely stimulate the nerves connecting the eyes to the…

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