Author: scoopit

How Gamification Uncovers Nuance In The Learning Process

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab The big idea here is to encourage a desired behavior. In this way, “gamification” amounts to installing mechanics or systems that recognize and reward behavior. Through increased visibility of nuance, documentation of…

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Curating your Experience – What an ePortfolio can do for you | Educatus

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab An ePortfolio is a collection of ‘artifacts’, which can be photos or text documents – anything that represents a task or a step in the learning process. The sort of material…

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5 Dimensions Of Critical Digital Literacy: A Framework

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency The above framework was developed by Juliet Hinrichsen and Antony Coombs at the University of Greenwich. Explaining its origins, they describe the model as “a framework to articulate the scope and dimensions of digital…

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Learning analytics don’t just measure students’ progress – they can shape it

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See on Scoop.it – EdTech 2.0 From online forum debates to predictive essay writing software, data showing how students learn can help universities adapt their teaching See on www.theguardian.com

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HowToMoodle | Course Creator Essential 2.5 Moodle Manual

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See on Scoop.it – Moodlicious Creating a new course, Conditional activity and restricting access, Course page and blocks, Text editor   Label resource, File resource, File picker, Page resource, Folder resource, Book resource, URL resource   Forum activity,…

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Free research articles from JOLT: self-regulated learning, online learning, tutor support

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Vol. 9, No. 4 of the MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching (JOLT at http://jolt.merlot.org/currentissue.html) has been published and is available online. The contents of the issue are listed below. In this issue you…

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Are You Already Microlecturing?

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab When it comes to online learning, we are often faced with libraries with untransparent lists of resources, among which there are also narrated slide presentations that could be long from 40…

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Guides to quality in formal and ‘post-traditional’ online learning: two publications

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab I have deliberately grouped these two publications together for review, because looking at either in isolation would not be sufficient for a comprehensive overview of issues on assuring and assessing the…

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This Is The World Teachers Must Adapt To: 7 Ways Teaching Has Changed

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See on Scoop.it – Blended Learning Lab Teachers are the arbitrators of knowledge and culture. Knowledge and culture are each dynamic, endlessly crashing and churning. This makes teaching significantly important and difficult work, and can leave teaching—as a…

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What Does It Mean To Be Literate In The 21st Century?

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See on Scoop.it – Digital Fluency Our economies have for many years been moving away from old style manufacturing to services. That transition is set to continue, and requires new skills sets. Meanwhile, traditional and digital technologies are…

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