"badge [baj]: a special or distinctive mark, token, or device worn as a sign of allegiance, membership, authority, achievement, etc. (Source: Dictionary.com)"
"The University of California at Davis is creating what may be higher education's most promising digital badge system. But the badges are no threat to the university's degrees. They're add-ons - perhaps valuable ones for students."
"Gaming is gaining more and more momentum in education, and one of the most popular games today is Minecraft, which educators are using in innovative ways in classrooms across the country."
"Wiki style format enables collaboration in a single space
Features LaTeX editor, highlighted syntax and code blocking
Questions and posts needing immediate action are highlighted
Instructors endorse answers to keep the class on track
Anonymous posting encourages every student to participate
Highly customizable online polls
Integrates with every major LMS and is FERPA compliant"
"To better engage its online learners, Arizona State University is piloting game-based simulations from Toolwire in its ASU Online environmental science courses."
"It's a ridiculous question, I know, but in the short film Sight the protagonist plays an augmented reality game that awards him points for the consistency in the thickness of his slices.
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"Created by the Discovery Channel, and the energy that revolutionized media over twenty-five years ago, Discovery Education empowers educators to engage students and transform classrooms by providing dynamic curricular resources, comprehensive assessment services, and customized professional development plans with ongoing support that improve student achievement.
Discovery Education is the #1 provider of digital services to U.S. schools reaching 1 million educators, 35,000,000 students, and is in 60,000 schools"
Perhaps you have a special skill, talent, or knowledge-base that you want to share with others, and maybe you've heard that teaching online courses can make you a little extra money. The resources below will help you discover how to combine both what you have to offer and what you wish to gain by guiding you through creating and establishing an online course. No matter what age of student, subject you want to teach, or size of the class, you will find resources and information to bring your class online.
Elgg is a powerful social networking platform.
Elgg enables individuals, groups and institutions to create their own fully-featured social environment.
At Connections Academy, each student receives individualized instruction, including lessons tailored to that student's academic strengths and weaknesses.