Here is a short two pages PDF document from ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) which features the six major fluencies (standards) students need to develop in the 21st century classroom. Each of these fluencies is broken down into various skills all of which work in unison to cultivate the target fluency. From all the resources [...] The post The 6 Major Skills for 21st Century Students appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Gamification - What is it and What it is in Moodle from Gavin Henrick This presentation focuses on a number of areas. It first deals with an ov Source: www.slideshare.net See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Gamification - What is it and What it is in Moodle appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Imagine for moment if all teachers were technophobic. What would that mean for technology development in the long term? Sure, we’d have some self-taught geniuses, like Bill Gates, who would figure out computer programming all on their own. But they would be outliers, and the majority of students would grow up with the same fear [...] The post How Teachers Will Change the Future of Tech appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

"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 a person has (online and offline)". One of the things this means is that learning professionals could [...] The post Tin Can tracking. Trust me, I’m not Big Brother! appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

If you’ve developed a plugin or theme and want to get a jump start on testing that theme against the changes that will be released in Moodle 2.9, the 2.9Dev branch is for you and is available now. … Source: www.moodlenews.com See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle 2.9Dev now available for testing and development appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Etherpad-lite is an open source collaborative document editor written in Nodejs. I have mine using a MongoDB as the database and a whack load of plugins to improve formatting options. It runs standalone and is very simple to integrate into an LMS like Moodle or a Wordress blog. I have recently updated my instance from v1.5.0 [...] The post Great changes in Etherpad-lite v1.5.5 release. appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Martin Dougiamas is best known as the founder of Moodle, and leading the team of software developers at the heart of the Moodle project. His major goal for the future is to improve the quality of education by encouraging social constructionist and collaborative practices within online learning communities. The post The future of Moodle appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Imagine a parent and student have access to and control of information about the student and could choose when and how to share that information with other stakeholders. Imagine that it is not only available 24 hours a day but stays with the family regardless of school transfer. An expanded learner profile could make this […] The post Five Ways Learner Profiles Can Promote Competency-Based Education appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

This week at MozFest in London there’s a session called "Hack the Backpack" where the Open Badges community is being asked to help contribute to long-standing open and unaddressed issues regarding the backpack. It needs some "love". But why is the Backpack in such dire need of attention? Isn’t Mozilla working on it? You’d think […] The post Mozilla is Doing a Hack Job on Open Badges appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

This article is part of a guest blog post I wrote for Articulate eLearning Heroes. Click here to read the full post. Instructional designers working in higher education have a ton of tools at their disposal. Learning management systems, educational apps, clickers, and other technologies allow for lots of creativity both inside and outside of […]