Author: John Walker
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Teaching and Learning with Moodle
From Moodle.org by Helen Foster – Friday, 19 March 2010, 09:39 PM I’m pleased to announce a new course on moodle.org – Teaching and Learning with Moodle! According to Tomaz Lasic, Moodle HQ’s Education Researcher, in his welcome message, The main aims of the space are to: provide a clear, synthesised and relatively gentle ‘intro to Moodle’ to new…
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Using Gamer Rewards Instead of Grades to Boost Engagement
From IT News For Australian Business Clearly defined goals and fair, incremental rewards are two game design techniques that could motivate the ‘gamer generation’ in the workforce, according to a US academic. Lee Sheldon of the Indiana University believes managers may have to rethink how they engage the next generation entering the mainstream workforce. “As the…
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JeopardyLabs: This is … not PowerPoint!
From a local computer science student comes … JeopardyLabs allows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world. Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running. Not…
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Teaching with TED
Image via Wikipedia TED is owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation, a 501(c)3 organization under the U.S. tax code. It was established in 1996 by Chris Anderson, who was then a magazine publishing entrepreneur. The goal of the foundation is to foster the spread of great ideas. It aims to provide a…