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wayne anderson

Student Assessment of Learning Gains -- Web Site - 0 views

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wayne anderson

Making the Grade: The Role of Assessment in Authentic Learning | EDUCAUSE CONNECT - 0 views

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    Assessment is an integral component of any successful teaching effort. Research has shown that students engage with subject matter based in part on their expectations about how their achievement will be evaluated. Educators who strive to bring authenti
Jon Hall

BBC - History - Virtual tours - 4 views

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    Walk through 3d versions of historical events, landscapes, and objects. The ancient Greek tour is highly educational and fun. 
wayne anderson

U.S. Push for Free Online Courses - 3 views

  • behind the movement to put more courses online -- and offer them free -- and is also pushing that movement in the direction of community colleges
  • more skills training and education to even a small percentage of those leaving high school without a diploma or those who have no college education,
  • would support the development of 20-25 "high quality" courses a year
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  • preference would go to "career oriented" courses
  • would be owned by the government and would be free for anyone to take
  • would be "modular" or "object based"
  • a "National Skills College" at a community college that would, among other things, work to develop examinations that could be given at the end of the courses so that colleges
  • employers and students could judge how much learning had taken place
  • National Skills College would work to promote programs that might mix the free courses with tuition courses so students could earn degrees at lower cost
  • While the program is described as one that emphasizes community colleges and high schools, it would be open to public agencies and to private for-profit or nonprofit groups.
  • community colleges would need to agree to track and report on student outcomes, and to set targets for graduation rates and "employment-related outcomes," while also serving "high need populations."
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    US Government planning to invest 9 billion for open online course development by high schools and community colleges. Courses would be focus on basic skills for employment. How would this impact other institutions in the online arena?
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    US Government planning to invest 9 billion for open online course development by high schools and community colleges. Courses would be focus on basic skills for employment.
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    We all know that money thrown at education always leads to good returns! As usual however it's a good objective.
wayne anderson

Online Communities: Design, Theory and Practice - 2 views

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    Research is intended to be a fact-finding mission is it not? Research that leads to theorizing seems very mundane and pointless by comparison. In this article one of the primary conclusions is that "... typically the communities being studied communicate via different modalities that include blending online and offline interaction." Really? Wow. It's great that someone spent time and money researching this when the conclusion was obvious from the premise.
Certificate IV Assessment

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment: The Key to New Career - 1 views

The Certificate IV in Training and Assessment is the right course for enhancing and advancing the skills of employees in our company. For those who wanted to be employed as a nationally recognised ...

Certificate IV in Training and Assessment

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