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Badging From Within

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

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

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

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...

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