Colin Simpson

Gamifying your course – my slides

Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Slides from my presentation at the ANU CAP innovation showcase about using game elements in teaching  

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Tired of students playing on their phones in class?

browser, ed tech, edtech, education, edugames, game based learning, interaction, interactive, mobile, mobile learning, quiz, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Maybe you should get them playing on their phones in class then. I ran a small session this morning with some of our teachers from Accounting and Law about Kahoot – a great free online […]

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Negotiation and Conflict Resolution – Open2Study – a course review

education design, free, mooc by Colin Simpson

On the weekend I wrapped up studying Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, a free 4 week/module online course offered through Open2Study Open2Study is the MOOC* offering of Open Universities Australia, a more conventional provider of free […]

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Reframing a job interview as a class

education, education design by Colin Simpson

So I had an interview for an eLearning Developer job the other day and I feel like I fizzed it. I’m not entirely sure why – I’m utterly qualified for the position (it’s pretty much […]

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Crap detection – tools for information literacy

digital literacy, information literacy by Colin Simpson

Howard Rheingold and a number of other Internetizens are curating a great list of resources that should help you sort the information wheat from the chaff online. The (current) full list is available as a […]

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Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry | Now Enrolling

education, elearn, elearning, free, hogwarts, learning, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1iQSjDY Now this is a MOOC that I approve of – study seven courses (9 lessons each) at Hogwarts online. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Get Comic Neue – a more stylish Comic Sans

font, fonts, screenface, typography by Colin Simpson

http://bit.ly/1hpTeOW I don’t mind this – and it’s been released into the public domain without even requiring attribution by designer Craig Rozynski via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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How to use Badges in Moodle – for both teachers and students

badges, how-to, Moodle by Colin Simpson

Here are a couple of guides that I have put together to help teachers and students use the Badge tool in Moodle (built on OpenBadges) It is a slightly convoluted process that hopefully will be […]

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OpenBadges.me

badges, Moodle, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Handy free tool that lets users easily create simple images suitable for Open Badges Visit the site

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BELLTONES: An Open Letter to Teachers Who do Not Prefer Technology – Internet@Schools Magazine

blog, digital literacy, edtech, elearn, flexed, screenface by Colin Simpson

Some interesting ideas in this post – we often overlook teachers that are tech-averse. http://bit.ly/1jBgtUy via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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