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7/30/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Design Thinking Workshop for Educators: Applying Creative Problem Solving to Classrooms
Edutopia today launched a free online workshop, “Design Thinking for Educators,” to help educators consider how design thinking—a problem-solving process built around five stages—might be applied in the classroom and in their professional lives.7/23/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Universities Move Quickly to Embrace MOOCs, Course Credit is More Complicated
As more universities join Coursera, still unknown is the effect on higher education itself—including whether students will eventually receive credit or accreditation that satisfies employers and their own educational needs without driving up the costs of MOOCs to the point where they, too, become financially out of reach.6/20/12
Filed by
Kelsey Herron
Digital Badges For Learning in the Classroom and Beyond
A pair of stories by Education Week reporter Katie Ash provides a big-picture overview of the pros and cons of digital badges and a close-up look at how badges are being used in a graduate course.5/23/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
This is (Not) Just a Test: Ender’s Game and the Gamification of Testing
The move to cloak testing in authentic gaming activities that kids enjoy brings to mind the classic, and prescient, science fiction novel “Ender’s Game.” The film adaptation is now in the works.5/10/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Games Even a Bureaucracy Could Love: The Future of Testing and Data-Driven Learning
With testing and Common Core Standards gaining steam in school reform circles, some educators are asking how to ensure that digital tools like computer-based “stealth assessments” will change classrooms for the better.5/09/12
Filed by
Kelsey Herron
Online Classes Invite Students to Join the Ivy League, Kind Of
Academic titans Harvard and MIT advance the MOOC movement, offering free online courses offered by both universities. But these courses still beg the question: How can we take advantage of technology to reimagine learning, online and beyond?4/26/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Jamming the System: Standardized Tests, Automated Grading and the Future of Writing
Standardized testing—and now, standardized grading—are the bane of teachers and thoughtful administrators. So how can we harness the positive side of digital media and learning?2/17/12
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: The Past, Present and Future of Badges for Learning
Badges and badge systems designed to show mastery of knowledge and skills have received a good deal of attention these past few months. In this week’s PLAYBACK, we look at the news coverage and the questions raised about the practicality of badges for learning.12/16/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
PLAYBACK: Profits Ahead of Quality in Online Charters?
Virtual schools face criticism on funding, quality and oversight; HASTAC’S Cathy Davidson offers advice to parents and students on how to make better decisions about what constitutes effective online learning; and much more, all in this week’s PLAYBACK…12/15/11
The Future of Assessment, Accreditation & The Internet: Deconstructing Mozilla’s Open Badges Project
Heather Chaplin talks with Mark Surman, executive director of the Mozilla Foundation, and HASTAC Co-founder Cathy Davidson on what this new model for assessment and accreditation may mean for learners, teachers and the future of the internet.12/10/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
PLAYBACK: Changing Narrative, Changing Culture, Changing Teaching
Teachers’ comments on Facebook create controversy; Nichole Pinkard links digital literacy to traditional literacy; empowering students with storytelling; technology and the state of college teaching; and Lady Gaga visits the White House—all in this week’s Playback.12/08/11
Filed by
Sarah Jackson
Digital Media and Learning Competition Announces Stage One Winners in Badges for Lifelong Learning
The Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition announced 60 winners of stage one this week, part of the annual Digital Media and Learning Competition.10/13/11
By Barbara Ray
Q&A: Cathy Davidson on the Brain Science of Attention and Transforming Schools and Workplaces in the Digital Age
In “Now You See It: How the Brain Science of Attention Will Transform the Way We Live, Work, and Learn,” Cathy Davidson has offered an antidote to the anxieties about the effects of digital media on kids—and on all of us.9/16/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
Digital Media & Learning Competition Aims to Recognize and Reward Learning Outside the Classroom
This year’s Digital Media and Learning Competition aims to demonstrate how badges can revolutionize learning assessment—and demonstrate a learner’s skills, achievements and qualities to potential employers, educational organizations and communities.2/11/11
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Christine Cupaiuolo
