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Try-a-tool challenge Week 2 – ed.ted.com

ed tech, education, education design, elearning, free, interaction, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

The last couple of months a little hectic, with wrapping up one job and starting another (I’m now in the College of Business and Economics (CBE) at the Australian National University (ANU)) and so I have […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – level 3 Community

badges, community of practice, information literacy, open badges, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In addition to accredited study and work skills, digital badges can provide rich insights into a person’s wider interests and their engagement with their professional community. While this doesn’t seem to be happening widely yet, […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 2 Work skills

badges, education design, open badges, skills, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In my last post on this topic, I discussed why I think it helps to identify different types of digital badges and looked at more formal badges that are linked directly to accredited qualifications. The […]

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A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 1 Accredited

assessment, badges, discussion, ePortfolio, pedagogy, professional development, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson 2 Comments on A hierarchy of digital badges – Level 1 Accredited

Part of me thinks it’s a really dumb idea to try to identify a hierarchy for digital badges and particular to try to name them. Because the people out there that don’t get badges are […]

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ePortfolio grading rubric

assessment, education design, ePortfolio, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Here’s a useful assessment rubric created by the University of Wisconsin – Stout that can be applied to ePortfolios. I would consider adding links within the criteria to exemplars of best practice but I think […]

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Designing DDLR & DDeLR – (Over)Structuring activities

edtech, education, education design, reflection, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

I’ve been a bit caught up preparing for this course and consequently this post has been sitting in the draft section for a while now. I ran the first class last Friday (17/10) and it […]

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Designing DDLR – More work on assessment

assessment, edtech, education, education design, elearn, elearning, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

Now the focus of this project on Designing the Design & Develop Learning Resources course is on pinning down the assessments. J’s assessments for DDLR 3&4 seem strong but I just want to see whether […]

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Designing DDLR and DDeLR – a live blog

ed tech, edtech, education, education design, elearning, Uncategorized by Colin Simpson

In three weeks time (Friday 17/10) I’ll start teaching the Design and Develop Learning Resources (DDLR) and Design and Develop eLearning Resources (DDeLR) subjects for the Diploma of Vocational Education and Training. (Dip VET) It’s […]

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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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