Marina was a student of mine in 2003-2004 at the University of Georgia. She worked with me on a project that provided the core theories behind the participatory approaches to motivation and assessment that eventually formed the Participatory Learning and Assessment design research framework used to create the BOOC. I asked her to write about her experiences. Dan Hickey
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Monday, May 5, 2014
Major Highlights of the 2013 Educational Assessment BOOC
by Tara Kelley and Dan Hickey
This post summarizes the high levels of engagement and learning that occurred in the Big Open Online Course (BOOC) on Educational Assessment in fall 2013. The course will be offered again during summer 2014, starting May 13. You can earn a certificate, digital badge, credit, or even just learn. For more information and to register, visit here.
This post summarizes the high levels of engagement and learning that occurred in the Big Open Online Course (BOOC) on Educational Assessment in fall 2013. The course will be offered again during summer 2014, starting May 13. You can earn a certificate, digital badge, credit, or even just learn. For more information and to register, visit here.
Thursday, April 3, 2014
AERA 2014 Sessions on Digital Badges
by Christine Chow
Several of my colleagues in the world of open digital badges are heading to the AERA conference April 4-6 in Philadelphia. It looks like there’s a great program of sessions lined up, including some interesting research on digital badges. Here’s a rundown of the badges sessions at the conference.
Sunday, February 2, 2014
The Gold Standard of Education
Nate Otto, the project coordinator for the Open Badges Design Principles Documentation Project posted a nicely detailed post about credit hours at Ottonomy.net. It covers some important ground for RMA readers. He quotes a 2012 report by Amy Laitinen that points out that while universities continue to be organized around credit hours, they routine refuse to refuse transfer credits from other institutions. This is a complex issue and there are certainly related issues of keeping tuition flowing for large undergrad courses. But is a great point. Check it out!
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