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”...
Dec 23, 2013
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...
