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Tin Can tracking. Trust me, I’m not Big Brother!
“In the words of the guys at Rustici: “Tin Can API (sometimes known as the Experience API) is a brand new specification for learning technology that makes it possible to collect data about the wide range of experiences…
Read More »Joomdle 1.0.1 released
“Joomdle – Seamlessly integrate Joomla with the leading Learning Management System (LMS) Moodle.” Change: + Added support for course summary files + Added support for badges + Added new option to Joomdlehooks plugin to choose event to use…
Read More »Web Analytics for your ePortfolio
Web Analytics for your ePortfolio from matthieua Mahara offers basic statistics by default, but advanced reporting functionnality is not available. By using a separate tool that integrates well with Mahara, such as the open source Piwik, Mahara administrators…
Read More »4 Ways to Increase User Confidence in Moodle
Moodle provides a great platform to aid in moving education online. But as with any new and disruptive technology, some people – teachers and students alike – are reluctant to adopt and even embrace it. However, there are…
Read More »Standards Based Grading GAMIFIED With Badges
Assessing students based on learning goals is great, but this new gamified approach I stumbled upon has potential to be a game-changer for my students. Source: tapintoteenminds.com See on Scoop.it – 21st Century Assessment
Read More »Badges and Moodle Part 2 – Mark DuBois Weblog
Here are the steps I went through (along with screen captures).In Illustrator, I created a new file with a single artboard. I really didn’t care that much about the size as I wanted to have something which would…
Read More »Badges and Moodle – Mark DuBois Weblog
I spent some time this summer investigating the potential use of badges in my courses for the coming fall, 2013 semester. I realize that some students will embrace this concept and others will not. I thought it appropriate…
Read More »How Teachers Will Change the Future of Tech
Imagine for moment if all teachers were technophobic. What would that mean for technology development in the long term? Sure, we’d have some self-taught geniuses, like Bill Gates, who would figure out computer programming all on their own….
Read More »The rise and rise of learning analytics
Learning analytics is the study of student behaviour through patterns in their digital world: how often, when and where they log on; the digital resources that they use; the web sites they visit; the social media platforms that…
Read More »The Horizon Report: A History of Ed-Tech Predictions
For over a decade now, the New Media Consortium has issued an annual Horizon Report, detailing the six technologies that it predicts will soon impact colleges and universities. These predictions identify emerging technologies on three “horizons”: four to five years,…
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