elearning

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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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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English Raven: Moodle Tutorial: Page design to avoid the ‘scroll of death’…

education, elearn, elearning, Moodle, navigation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/2012/02/moodle-tutorial-page-design-to-avoid-the-scroll-of-death.html via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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How to Moderate a Forum » Laurel Papworth @SilkCharm

discussion, elearn, elearning, facilitation, flexed, forum, moderation, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://laurelpapworth.com/how-to-moderate-forum/ A very practical and informative guide to effectively running and moderating an online community from someone with a lot of experience in the field. via Delicious (via IFTTT)

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Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

clicker, elearn, elearning, flexed, interaction, interactive, mlearning, mobile, quiz, screenface, survey by Colin Simpson 1 Comment on Kahoot! – handy online quiz activity builder supporting mobile access in class

https://create.kahoot.it/# Kahoot is a very simple but highly interactive online tool that enables teachers to create quizzes (or survey questions) that students are able to access via mobile devices. It takes a fairly gamified approach […]

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Mooc creators criticise courses’ lack of creativity | News | Times Higher Education

connectivism, elearn, elearning, mooc, moocs, screenface, stephen downes by Colin Simpson

http://ht.ly/pWmjI Stephen Downes pulls few punches as he discusses how the current iteration of the MOOC is far removed from the original ideas behind it. This has also been a concern of mine – the […]

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Technology-enhanced learning – workloads and costs | The Weblog of (a) David Jones

ed tech, elearn, elearning, screenface, teachers, teaching by Colin Simpson

http://davidtjones.wordpress.com/2013/10/09/technology-enhanced-learning-workloads-and-costs/#comment-6535 A sensible overview of long overdue research into the real costs (time and money) for teachers developing and delivering eLearning. The number one issue that our teachers raise with me is that they would […]

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MOOC Discussion Forums: barrier to engagement? |e-Literate

discussion, education, elearn, elearning, forum, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://mfeldstein.com/mooc-discussion-forums-barriers-engagement/ I’ve often felt daunted by the volume of posts and chaotic nature of discussion forums in MOOCs – glad to see that I’m not the only one. Interesting that posters tend to be higher […]

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Best Practices: Effective Use of Fonts in Online Course Design | Diigo

elearn, elearning, fonts, readability, sans serif, screenface, serif, usability, UX by Colin Simpson

http://www.moodlerooms.com/resources/blog/best-practices-effective-use-fonts-online-course-design Some interesting points about legibility and readability of font-types (serif vs sans serif) for online learning. I’d always been lead to believe that serif based fonts were better in printed material and sans serif […]

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Using forums in MOOCs

education, elearning, mooc, screenface by Colin Simpson

http://acreelman.blogspot.co.uk/2013/09/the-silent-majority-why-are-mooc-forums.html Some well thought out ideas about the issues surrounding the use of forums in MOOCs – what happens when there are hundreds of pages of posts on the first day or subject experts dominate […]

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