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2015 Horizon Report
The Horizon Report is an annual publication charting emerging technologies for teaching and learning. It aims to provide expert research and analysis to educators to help them build upon the innovation happening at their institutions. In this post we review the Horizon Report – 2015 Higher Education Edition.
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Open badges and Recognition of Learning
Higher Education institutions commonly use grade-based evaluations where students get rewarded for the knowledge they gain, and tasks such as projects, behavior, skills, and taking tests. The rewards come in the form of a grade (number, letter) or certificates and can be physical or virtual. The rewards may be determined by peer, self, or teacher-based assessments. Rewards…
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Gamification in distance learning
Gamification is a term being used to describe the integration of game elements, in some form, into course design. The elements of gamification listed below, may increase the distance learners’ motivation by making learning more interesting and encourage them to be more engaged in the content:
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Pirate Party UK – 5 years old today
About four years ago I blogged about my first year as a member of the Pirate Party. Two years ago I blogged about the three year anniversary of the founding of the Pirate Party. As I seem to be in the habit of blogging odd-numbered anniversaries, it is that time again! Today the Pirate Party…
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More taxpayers’ money wasted on spam email
I’m often so frustrated at the ‘public’ who seem to go along with what the copyright monopoly wants, buying into their propaganda without questioning in. When I see people who ‘get it’ (it’s nicer still when they recognise Pirate Party UK’s work in this area) it gives me confidence in society – we will eventually…
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greasemonkeying towards a better Moodle
This isn’t going to turn into another rant about how frustrating Moodle 2 is … honest! Rather let’s instead take the position that any web-page that hasn’t been custom designed for a specific individual will always, no matter how good it is, leave something to be desired. This, for me, is where greasemonkey comes in.…