Successful technology integration must include an element of reflection to stay focused on how individual teachers and learners will use this technology in the classroom. Source: www.edutopia.org The post 10 Self-Evaluation Tips for Technology Instructional Specialists appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Although most people probably associate the term "assessment" with quizzes and exams, in reality these high-stakes activities represent a small subset of assessment opportunities. Educationally, assessments can be broken into two larger categories: summative and formative. Most of our experience with assessment usually comes in the form of summative assessment. We have our students take […] The post Formative Assessment: The Secret Sauce of Blended Success appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Most agree that classrooms need to provide opportunities for students to create and engage with new media technology. However, that realization still leaves us far from the specifics needed to make it happen. What media making and social learning tools are best at engaging learners? Source: blogs.kqed.org See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post What media making and social learning tools are best at engaging learners? appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

There are a ton of sites out there now for teachers to share lesson plans and resources. Sharing, at least in this case includes having access to platforms where you can both get and give content. Teachers can find both free and paid content for their use, and can also upload their own content to share […] The post Would You Create An Online Course? Here’s Why Some Do (And Some Don’t) appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

LTI is acroynm for (learning tool interactive) - yes, very vague, which means lots of options or LTI services that you can utilize. On a conceptual level, moodle can act as either; A LTI provider - where your moodle instance is serving up LTI servicesA LTI consumer - where your moodle instance is consuming from […] The post Moodle and LTI appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

New features: * View your activity grades and outcomes (Requires configuration by the Moodle site administrator) * New sign in and manage accounts page, quick access to all your sites Improvements:  * The Site URL field now supports domains without the http/https protocol prefix * Notifications page design improved * Messages received can be replied in-line * […] The post Moodle Mobile 1.5 Available in Google Play appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

This is a presentation on the key improvements available in Moodle 2.7 since Moodle 2.6 Source: www.slideshare.net See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle 2.7 some of the improvements since Moodle 2.6 appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The goal of the model isn’t content knowledge (though it should produce that), but rather something closer to wisdom-learning how to learn, understanding what’s worth understanding, and perhaps most importantly, analyzing the purpose of learning (e.g., personal and social change). It also encourages the student to examine the relationship between study and work-an authentic "need [...] The post A Self-Directed Learning Model For 21st Century Learners appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Moodle Database API represents a free learning administration framework that empowers you to make effective, adaptable, and captivating web learning encounters. Moodle works on any web server that backs the PHP programming dialect, and a database. It works best and is most benefiecial when running on the Apache web server with a Mysql database. These [...] The post Moodle Database API Examples to Learn From - Super Moodle appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Teaching in Blended Leaning Environments provides a coherent framework in which to explore the transformative concept of blended learning. Blended learning can be defined as the organic integration of thoughtfully selected and complementary face-to-face and online approaches and technologies. A direct result of the transformative innovation of virtual communication and online learning communities, blended learning environments [...] The post Teaching in Blended Learning Environments: Creating and Sustaining Communities of Inquiry - Free ebook from Athabasca Press appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

As the Internet becomes an increasingly important part of all of our lives, children are spending more time online as well. And they are doing this largely without any guidance about what is responsible or appropriate online. While my six- and seven-year old students don’t yet even understand the words "digital" or "citizenship," they also [...] The post Even Our Youngest Students Need Digital Citizenship Skills appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

A while back, I was asked, "What engages students?" Sure, I could respond, sharing anecdotes about what I believed to be engaging, but I thought it would be so much better to lob that question to my own eighth graders. The responses I received from all 220 of them seemed to fall under 10 categories, [...] The post Kids Speak Out on Student Engagement appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Creative Commons is an ideal way to share your creations with others and find art for personal projects. Some of us, though, don’t always understand the rules. This chart helps you understand the key differences among licenses. Source: lifehacker.com See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post Understand Creative Commons Licensing With This Chart appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The Electronic Management of Assessment (EMA) project is a Jisc-funded project which is working with partners (the Heads of e-Learning Forum (HeLF) and the Universities and Colleges Information Systems Association (UCISA))  to support institutions with the electronic management of assessment.  Source: ema.jiscinvolve.org See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post Electronic Management of Assessment appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Children, growing up with YouTube, Netflix and Spotify, learning to use smartphones or tablets before they are able to talk Source: www.theguardian.com See on Scoop.it - Digital Literacies The post six-year-olds understand digital technology better than adults appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The various levels of Bloom’s (Revised) Taxonomy are pretty well known to most teachers at this point. The gradated levels of critical thinking allow teachers to build lesson plans and identifylearning outcomes that are appropriate for the level of exploration of material for the students at that time. A useful way of understanding how to put Bloom’s into [...] The post The 6 Levels Of Bloom’s Taxonomy, Explained With Active Verbs appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

I have been thinking about some "new" items I could add to my original Digital Citizenship Kit that I created last year.  Like I said in that blog post, I love using props when teaching.  Source: comfortably20.blogspot.ca See on Scoop.it - Digital Literacies The post The "New and Improved" Digital Citizenship Survival Kit appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Although there is often a direct relationship between a method of teaching, a learning theory and an epistemological position, this is by no means always the case. It is tempting to try to put together a table and neatly fit each teaching method into a particular learning theory, and each theory into a particular epistemology, [...] The post Choosing teaching methods for a digital age appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

We have always known that a picture is worth more than words and this is especially proven well in case of e-learning. Making use of graphics, games, designs will surely stimulate the nerves connecting the eyes to the brain and it has been seen how visual designs are not just mere decoration but impacted learning [...] The post How Visual Design can Optimize eLearning appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook is the primary output of the Blended Synchronous Learning Project. It includes the summative findings of the Blended Synchronous Learning case studies, a Blended Synchronous Learning Design Framework, and a range of other resources and information to support blended synchronous learning design research and practice. Source: blendsync.org See on Scoop.it [...] The post The Blended Synchronous Learning Handbook appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

With the spreading use of computers and mobile technology in schools, going digital with student portfolios has become more popular. Simply put, digital portfolios are online collections of student work. They allow us to archive, curate and analyze samples of student learning from both the past and the present and keep that data — literally [...] The post The power of digital student portfolios appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Anyone who has been in the classroom for some time knows that assessment for learning and assessment of learning don’t always have a clear distinction while we are engaged in instruction. The teaching/assessment cycle ebbs and flows, based on learners’ needs and our responses to their needs.   The same concept can be applied to [...] The post How Do Digital Portfolios Help Students Learn? appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

What is the relationship between play and "flow"? And what does this all mean for formal and informal learning environments? Well, that depends on whether you see the role of play and self-direction in learning as necessary, or a waste of efficiency. Source: www.teachthought.com See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post How To Create Learning Through Play appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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