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Active-learning designs, resulting in learners solving problems in many different ways and with varying results, requires a different means of assessing the learning and the results.  ePortfolios provide this new means:  if learners collect well-constructed and revealing evidence of their learning process, benchmarks, reflection and analysis, then not only is learning deeper but the assessment [...] The post Study Shows Steady Growth in ePortfolio Use; What Does That Suggest? appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Cloud-based applications have the advantage of generating lots of usage data that can give developers insights about how customers are using their products. Rarely, however, do companies share the data publicly. But that’s exactly what Instructure did when it released an interesting infographic offering summary data from 387 colleges and universities that have used its [...] The post How Course Web Design Impacts Student Engagement — Campus Technology appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The literacy landscape is rapidly evolving to the extent that we can no longer expect what it will be like in the next coming years. Regardless of the nomenclature, whether you call them new literacies, emerging literacies, 21st century literacies , the traditional concept of literacy has definitely undergone so much transformations and modifications in [...] The post 10 Must Read Books on The 21st Century Literacies appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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, two to three years, and one year or less. Source: hackeducation.com See on Scoop.it - EdTech 2.0 The post The Horizon Report: A History of Ed-Tech Predictions appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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 they use. At the present time, this is a nascent field of interest in most colleges and [...] The post The rise and rise of learning analytics appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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 to provide an overview of the process of working with earned badges on this weblog. In subsequent [...] The post Badges and Moodle - Mark DuBois Weblog appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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 be roughly 150 x 150 pixels as a finished product. I just needed room to work. The [...] The post Badges and Moodle Part 2 - Mark DuBois Weblog appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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 The post Standards Based Grading GAMIFIED With Badges appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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 ways to increase user confidence so that they can explore the software and in turn gain maximum [...] The post 4 Ways to Increase User Confidence in Moodle appeared first on Patric Lougheed.