Test Anxiety Continued
In her November 14 blog post, Deb brought up the subject of "Test Anxiety" and shared some wonderful experiences from her own life that relate to the subject matter. I started writing a reply comment on her blog post but then I realized that the reply was getting too...
Badging From Within
This Jan 3 article from Inside Higher Ed describes a Competency-Based Learning degree, complete with digital badges, from UC Davis. The University of California at Davis is creating what may be higher education’s most promising digital badge system. But the badges are...
Wait Loss Made Simple: Four Time-saving Tips
Hearing more resolutions about traditional weight loss in the new year, the idea of reducing wait time for our students and ourselves seemed easier to address. Similar to snacking in front of a TV, we may not notice how many small ways our time is used...
Moodle Update: Status Report Please Read
Here is a quick summary of what we are working on. Editing Your Course: There is an issue accessing the Edit drop down menu when blocks are docked. This is a known issue and it will be resolved shortly. In the meantime, undock all your blocks in your course, refresh...
Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
While looking for specific higher-ed competency definitions, I ran across http://www.ala.org/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency. About mid-way through the article, the authors include the section "Standards, Performance Indicators, and Outcomes" where five...
Moving Topics, Items, & Blocks in Moodle
A new, easy way to move Topics, Items, and Blocks in Moodle was included in the update. Do you remember how hard it was to move items and how frustrating it was to move a topic section? You would get half way down the page and you would loose it and have to start all...
Course Menu Block Updated
You may have noticed the Course Menu block is no longer in your course. If you used the Course Menu block, it has now been updated to the Course Content block. Add this block to your course by doing the following. Turn editing on. Use the Add a Block drop down menu to...
Moodle’s New Face Lift
What changed? You’ll notice updates to the editing icons and and to the action menu for blocks; as well as improvements to the text editor. Many of these changes have been implemented by Moodle in an effort to increase accessibility of Moodle by improving navigation,...
Keeping learning fresh with new resources: where do you find the time?
"This is really cool. Where do you find the time to do all of this?" --email from Jimmy Dawson, NMC criminal justice adjunct and friend The answer's easy~it's part of my instructional designer role. In fact, it is one of the most fun things I get to do! As a...
Competent at What?
This article describes an upcoming effort by a new national group, the Competency-Based Education Network, to define and shape deployment of competency-based learning in higher ed. C-BEN will include representatives of U.S. colleges and universities at the leading...