by andflywrite | Dec 10, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
According to a recent article in EdSurge, there’s a non profit developing a game engine that supports learning and include assessment metrics. It goes on to note that this game engine can be used by other ed game developers. GlassLab Games (“Glass” stands for...
by andflywrite | Dec 7, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
A tiny college based on socratic dialogue on great books has been ranked in some list as worst college in US, prompting editors at newspapers to send reporters out for a story. The Guardian filed this report, which emphasizes the unique and dramatically non mainstream...
by andflywrite | Dec 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
Jer Thorp does a TED talk on what he does, which is take data and turn it into a graphical “narrative” for the NYTimes, and others. He finds a way to help us see the meaning, and the human story, in data. Jer Thorp’s work focuses on adding meaning and...
by andflywrite | Dec 5, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER, GO AHEAD CALLER
Two key components of motivation are autonomy and mastery. Autonomy is giving your learners the freedom to choose how they learn. Mastery is providing visible recognition when competence is reached. Both of these areas can be addressed by applying gamification...
by andflywrite | Dec 3, 2014 | BEST LINKS EVER
The US Federal Government creates a lot of media for various uses, and some of it is in the public domain, and royalty free use is possible. One needs to find just the right clip in a very large archive, and one would hope to be able to locate “good...
