I loved this infographic and thought it had a lot of application to the world of education. Students in today’s world are having their attention spans and digital tastes formed by social media and all things internet. As instructors and…
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Research Shows That Online Learning Works, So Let’s Move Forward
Many people are suspicious of online learning. Their main concern is wondering if it actually “works.” (These same people often do not apply this same question to face-to-face, lecture-based instruction, but that is a topic for another time…). Studies are…
Workshops and Highlights from DevLearn 2016
DevLearn is a yearly conference put on by the e-learning guild. Click here for more information. Here are a few FREE session workshop video highlights that I think are relevant and helpful to e-learning in higher education: Fifty Tips for…
The Power of Peer Feedback – the Story of Austin’s Butterfly
We know that good feedback (formative assessment) in self-regulated learning increases success (see Formative assessment and self‐regulated learning: a model and seven principles of good feedback practice: Studies in Higher Education: Vol 31, No 2 http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/10.1080/03075070600572090?scroll=top&needAccess=true#.WEF25TH_nOc.twitter among others). This video “The Story…
Grading and Assessments in E-Learning (Concepts)
In the video below, we talk about grading and assessments. We grade students for multiple reasons: Assessment ABOVE learning (higher authorities are expecting it) Assessment FOR learning (we want to give feedback to our students learning and receive it back…