Jan 12, 2014
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...
Jan 8, 2014
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...
Jan 3, 2014
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...
Dec 27, 2013
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...
Dec 25, 2013
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”...
