Competency-Based Education: The Ripple Effects of Taking Assessment to the Next Level
The excitement about CBE is justified. CBE gives shape and direction to the long overdue need to personalize learning in higher education; it allows students to progress at their own pace; it incorporates the practice of prior learning…
Read More »Preparing a Classroom Culture for Deeper Learning
The development of formal thinking and logical reasoning skills is necessary to achieving deeper learning. Educators should first immerse themselves in professional development focused on building inquiry skills, possibly within the field of philosophy. Learning to think deeply…
Read More »Researchers Hunt for ‘Secret Sauce’ of Digital Learning Success
What makes some digital learning initiatives successful and others not? That’s the focus of a 2014 study released Wednesday by the America’s Promise Alliance’s Center for Promise. The study is titled “Wired to Learn: K-12 Students in the…
Read More »Nginx Moodle Configuration
Moodle is a free software built to help educators to create online courses and help teachers to interact with students. It’s one of the most popular e-learning platforms around the world. And of course, it runs pretty well on…
Read More »A taxonomy of ethical, legal and logistical issues of learning analytics v1.0
Jisc, Apereo and the Lace Project held a workshop in Paris on 6th February to discuss the ethical and legal issues of learning analytics. The focus of this meeting was the draft taxonomy of issues that I prepared previously. It was extremely helpful to…
Read More »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
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