Some higher ed institutions are experimenting with digital badges as a way to encourage and document learning among faculty and staff. Badges are quickly becoming acceptable currency in the world of higher education. Purdue University, for example, known for developing and commercializing innovative applications such as Course Signals, has embraced badges with another Purdue Studio project: Passport, a system for [...] The post Badges: A New Measure of Professional Development appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The use of Tin Can and Open Badges for learning from Epic Epic’s Head of Platforms Mark Aberdour presents ‘The use of Tin Can and Open Badges for learning’ to a packed seminar at Learning Technologies Summer Forum. Source: www.slideshare.net See on Scoop.it - 21st Century Assessment The post The use of Tin Can and Open Badges for learning appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

We see, then, that in 2015, we still have to ask "What’s it All About?"  The answer to that, I believe, will differ depending on the context.  Is it only one more teaching practice?  Or do eportfolios have significance not only in but also beyond classroom practices? If we look at the various contexts in [...] The post Defining "ePortfolio": Four Ways of Seeing an ePortfolio - AAEEBL appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Teaching elementary students to code begins with connecting to resources, looking beyond 1:1, trusting kids to learn, involving the school community, and making it fun.    There are many reasons for this. As you well know, teachers are already stretched pretty thin, and often it seems like there’s just no bandwidth to add something new [...] The post Add Coding to Your Elementary Curriculum. . . Right Now appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

It’s useful to analyze which purposes of student data collection are primary, for which permission is expected and implied when data is collected. Some "primary use" categories are obvious. In order for schools to function, they need basic information about students and parents. They need to record grades, know who is eligible for subsidized lunch, [...] The post Why Opting Out of Student Data Collection Isn’t the Solution appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Blended Learning is one of the major learning concepts that came about as a direct result of the impact of technology integration in education.In blended learning students and teachers get to experiment with a multimodal teaching method in which the digital and virtual learning is blended with the face-to-face one. However, one of the misconceptions [...] The post Blended Learning Visually Explained for Teachers appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The 3.4 release introduces new features into the CMS such as improved front end module editing, decoupling of weblinks, composer integration, Google new reCaptcha and security improvements by implementing UploadShield code which can detect most malicious uploads by examining their filenames and file contents. Please note: Due to technical reasons we have had to disable [...] The post Joomla! 3.4.1 Released appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The increasing number of digitally literate students, with constant access to the internet via their own handheld devices, can cause problems for lecturers - but they also offer scholars the opportunity to undertake new and exciting research methods. This is according to Christopher Jones, professor of research in educational technology at Liverpool John Moores University, [...] The post Digital literacy: the perks and pitfalls of plugged-in students appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

 "The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn and change." - Carl Rodgers The aforementioned quote rightly suffices the problem arising in prevalent education system. We have been cultivating ourselves since the early 19th century to use the ever changing and advancing technology. We have witnessed a revolution [...] The post Top 4 Benefits of Using Moodle for your School - Why it Works as a Platform for Student-Teacher Interaction appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

With the Mozilla Open Badge project and any number of recent initiatives, the idea of using badges for documenting learning continues to gain interest and traction in the field of education.  What is a digital badge?  Think of a digital equivalent of boy scout badges. A badge is granted when a scout demonstrates a given skill. [...] The post Digital Badges for Learning appeared first on Patric Lougheed.