Electronic portfolio projects have great potential to impact learning, assessment, and professional development. Yet expanding e-portfolios campuswide and sustaining the program isn’t easy. Here are four pitfalls to watch out for. Source: campustechnology.com See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post 4 Common E-Portfolio Mistakes to Avoid — Campus Technology appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Historically speaking, studies of literacy have undergone two major shifts over the last four or five decades. The first shift took place in early seventies and eighties with the publication of a series of works such as The Literacy Myth (Harvey Graff, 1979), The Psychology of Literacy (Scribner & Cole, 1981), Literacy in Theory and Practice ( Brain Street, 1984),The Uses [...] The post The 11 Skills Underlying 21st Century New Literacies appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Introduction to Learning Analytics - presentation to the Universities Scotland Learning and Teaching Committee, 3rd December 2014 Source: www.slideshare.net See on Scoop.it - EdTech 2.0 The post Introduction to Learning Analytics - presentation to the Universities Scotland Learning and Teaching Committee | Sheila MacNeill appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

In conjunction with Bryan Smith, Chris Kenniburg and the funders, The REMC organization of Michigan, we have just completed phase 1 of development for an exciting new Social Learning course format.   The Moodle plugin is called "eCommunity" and will transform the collaboration and sharing of knowledge within a course. Delivering this vision required a [...] The post First of its Kind Moodle Plugin Encourages Social Learning - Synergy Learning appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Self-determined learning or heutagogy is fast gaining interest from educators around the world interested in an evidence-based approach to learning. Grounded as it is on brain research and extensive research into how people learn self-determined learning is particularly popular among those interested in innovative approaches to learning. This edited book is the perfect primer on [...] The post Experiences in Self-Determined Learning: Moving from Education 1.0 Through Education 2.0 Towards Education 3.0 appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

This info graphic shares some interesting tips on how to use audio effectively in eLearning courses.Read more › Source: blog.commlabindia.com See on Scoop.it - EdTech 2.0 The post 3 Tips to Use Audio Effectively in E-learning Courses - An Infographic appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Moodle 2.8 provides evolutionary improvements to Gradebook, including a more modern Grader interface that scrolls well on all devices including touch screens… Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle 2.8 Release Highlight: Gradebook - YouTube appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Moodle 2.8 provides evolutionary improvements to Gradebook, including a more modern Grader interface that scrolls well on all devices including touch screens… Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle 2.8 Release Highlight: Usability appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Done right, blended learning breaks through the barriers of the use of time, place, path to understanding, and pace to allow each student to work according to his or her particular needs—whether that be in a group or alone, on practice problems or projects, online or offline. It preserves the benefits of the old and [...] The post Blended Learning Is About More Than Technology appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Once I decided I was going to teaching Digital Citizenship to my 6-8 middle school students it’s was brought to my attention of producing student reflections & insights through creating blog posts on teacher given scenarios. This is a great methodology that allows teachers to see students reflections, insights, as well as allowing students to [...] The post Teaching Digital Citizenship through Scenarios (Blog Posts). appeared first on Patric Lougheed.