Is there such a thing as a "DIGITAL NATIVE"? Some experts have suggested a clear divide between "digital native" (the Millennial tech experts) and "digital i… Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it - Digital Literacies The post Do "Digital Natives" Exist? appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

More and more teachers are venturing online with their students to enhance and extend the work done in the classroom. There are myriad benefits to engaging students online and replacing classic pen and paper assignments with more dynamic online lessons, asynchronous conversations and collaborative Source: catlintucker.com See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post Build an Online Community to Complement Your in Class Community appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Source: esheninger.blogspot.ca For a maker culture to succeed and thrive in a school, leadership matters. I learned some of these lessons unbeknownst to me as they were only brought to my attention after making to learn became an embedded component of our school culture. Selecting the right person to lead the initiative is pivotal.  Once [...] The post A Principal’s Reflections: Leading the Maker Movement appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

When creating transmedia experiences of their own, teachers should think about the platforms available to their students as well as which platform would best suit the narrative extension. The platform should never determine the direction the story development takes. Many free digital storytelling resources lend themselves directly to supporting a transmedia experience in the classroom. [...] The post Teacher Created Transmedia Experiences appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Competency models recognize the value of experiential learning, in which students can develop and hone skill sets in real-world contexts. For instance, a student with a background in web design may be able to provide an institution with a portfolio that demonstrates mastery of computer coding or digital design. If coding or digital design is [...] The post Competency-Based Degrees: Coming Soon to a Campus Near You appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

I said it was going to be fun looking at the costs of digital media in education, but it wasn’t. When I came to write this section, I thought it would be a breeze. I wrote about this topic as recently as 2005. All I needed to do is tweak it a little to bring [...] The post A new way to look at the costs of digital media in education appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

In this infographic, learn how to create accessible PDF or create compliant PDF so your PDF is accessible to people using assisted devices. Source: acrobatusers.com See on Scoop.it - EdTech 2.0 The post How to create accessible PDF, how to create compliant PDF appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Using The Matrix film series as an inspiration, aspiration and model, this article integrates horizontal and vertical models of literacy. My goal is to create a new matrix for media literacy, aligning the best of analogue depth models for meaning making with the rapid scrolling, clicking and moving through the read-write web. To undertake this [...] The post "Take the Red Pill: A New Matrix of Literacy" by Tara Brabazon appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Recently, Moodle Mobile 1.10 was launched that brought a lot of innovative and new features like simple navigation, ability to sync when you have a wifi connection and a lot of other fixes. However, there are lots of other features, fixes and improvements of Moodle Mobile 1.10 that is a great mobile application. Moreover, this [...] The post Moodle’s Mobile Messaging Got an Upgrade Making It Similar to WhatsApp appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

"Our lives are governed by numbers," according to a landmark report published by the American Statistical Association. Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education, commonly known as the GAISE Report, is worth a read by any teachers who wonder why data analysis deserves a place outside of math classes. The GAISE Report argues that [...] The post Digging into Data: It’s Not Just for Math Class appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

The initial release of the #Moodle Socialwall (eCommunity) course format is ready for the general public. Source: www.youtube.com See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle Socialwall (eCommunity) Course Format appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Learning scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found a sweet spot in the pairing of digital badges and eportfolios: the perfect opportunity for students to showcase learning achievements not normally featured in traditional transcripts and student records. Source: campustechnology.com See on Scoop.it - Blended Learning Lab The post Showcasing the Co-Curricular: ePortfolios and Digital Badges appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Tin Can expert Andrew Downes presented a webinar at iMoot in May 2014 about the way Tin Can interacts with Moodle.  Source: www.slideshare.net See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Tin Can in Moodle appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Moodle filters make it possible to automatically transform your content before output or display. For example, filters make it possible for links to media files to be converted automatically into applets for playing the media, they can render embedded equations into images, can convent glossary terms automatically into links and many other things. There is [...] The post Creating Moodle Filters- Best Practices appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Enter Now and Discover the Moodle Authentication Methods You Need to Know to Ensure Your Username and Password is Secure. Source: www.super-moodle.com See on Scoop.it - Moodlicious The post Moodle Authentication Methods You Need to Know appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

An attempt to create a better *PLE (personalized learning environment), drawing on the established editing game logic, for Moodle, is the aim of this project. The main underpinning principle includes activities and resources which are selected automatically by the computer and shown to the student. PLE (personalized learning environment) enables students to make progress at [...] The post Game Logic in Moodle Overview appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Learning analytics: Threats and oppourtunities from Martin Hawksey As institutional managers, administrators and researchers are well aware, any practice involving data collection and reuse has inherent legal and ethical implications. Most institutions have clear guidelines and policies in place governing the collection and use of research data; however it is less common for institutions to [...] The post Learning Analytics: Threats and opportunities appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Ultimately, effective leadership is at the core of trust. District leaders must look to develop a culture shift that starts with trusting those individuals they put in place to lead their initiatives. District leaders must also be open to thinking outside the box when it comes to developing technology plans. They need to understand that [...] The post Future Ready: Roadmaps to Tech Integration appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

In transmedia storytelling, narrative is central to the story, which is told across multiple platforms, and may include sound, images, text, movie and gaming elements. The best part about it is that each of those elements plays an integral part of the narrative. And without experiencing all of those elements, you miss the full story. [...] The post The 7 Literacies of Transmedia Storytelling appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

Today’s students may be skilled at texting and social media, but many are unable to perform online research and distinguish accurate information on the web, according to a new study. Source: www.districtadministration.com See on Scoop.it - Digital Literacies The post Study: Large online literacy achievement gap exists appeared first on Patric Lougheed.

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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.