Ten tips for safe and effective learning analytics
A Google search for ‘improving student experience’ brings up around 30,000 hits. When I did one recently, the front page showed items in scholarly journals and national news media, on Jisc’s own website and on those of several…
Read More »Quick insights into xAPI for Learning and Development
It is about better suiting the needs of the modern learner – who is mobile, flexible, uses different content sources and tools, multiple devices, needs content ‘in the workflow’ and on-demand. Traditional corporate learning usually means one central…
Read More »Exploring the “E” in ePortfolio
In graduate school, I serendipitously learned about ePortfolios and everything came unstuck. I realized that ePortfolios – if designed and implemented in an intentional, integrative way – could be the glue I was imagining. I also started to…
Read More »Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders
Today, CompetencyWorks released Implementing Competency Education in K-12 Systems: Insights from Local Leaders. It is a comprehensive look at how districts across the country from Alaska to Maine have been transforming their districts from the time-based system to…
Read More »Digital game-based learning levels up digital literacies
Digital literacies and digital game-based learning (DGBL) are both concepts that have emerged in the educational arena since digital technologies have become all pervasive in every aspect of society. With mobile technologies continuing to develop, games are being…
Read More »Step By Step, the Journey Towards Freedom From Grade Levels
While the competency-base system measures learning and progression very differently from traditional models based on time, classrooms at Sanborn don’t look as different as one might think. A lot of instruction is project-based because teachers are no longer…
Read More »Scaffolding ePortfolio use
Presentation by Kristina Hoeppner (Catalyst IT) at Mahara Hui in Auckland, New Zealand, on 9 April 2015. Scaffolding ePortfolio use from Kristina D.C. Hoeppner Slides are available at http://slides.com/anitsirk/scaffoldin… and http://www.slideshare.net/4nitsirk/sc… (download) Licensed under Creative Commons BY-SA…
Read More »Information Literacy Digital Badges Mapped to Bloom’s Taxonomy
In today’s society, visual representation of information is highly valued. Images present a significant amount of information in a faster time. We created information literacy digital badge infographics to visually convey the cognitive processes embedded in the badge…
Read More »Micro-Learning’s Meteoric Rise
Micro-learning involves the reorganizing of training programs into several short courses instead of one large course. In some respects, instructional designers have already been doing this for years through “chunking” of course content. Micro-learning is similar but…
Read More »First I Discovered Fire and then I Discovered ePortfolios
One important aspect of eportfolio that is often overlooked and rarely used well is showing change over time. An eportfolio can produce a website to showcase work, but it can also show the changes behind the work. Sometimes,…
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