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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

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The prompt questions provided by the course were around visualisations of education, learning and teaching in these films. Both Corning and Microsoft appear to be actively pushing back against this and describing a vision of the future where technology, and particularly mobile devices, will draw families back together.

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Day 2: The right interactions at the right time

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I’m talking about ‘testing’ interactions here – intellectually engaging activities – as opposed to ‘telling’ interactions.) For example, if you had a list of examples which the learner had to separate into good or bad in terms of making an impression, I suspect this would be a fairly easy activity.

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Day 3: The Goldilocks rule and good feedback

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When it comes to writing questions and options (whether that’s in a simple multiple choice or in another activity such as a drag-and-drop) I like to remember the Goldilocks rule: they need to be not too hard, not too easy, but just right. For me, this is just as important as the activity itself. Make all options equally plausible.

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Interactions: to tell or to test?

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They help to break up content into learner-friendly chunks and they start to turn a passive learning experience into something more active. But they don’t demand intellectual engagement – you can click through the whole activity without necessarily putting any thought into it. ‘Testing’ interactions.

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#EDCMOOC: utopias & dystopias – looking to the future (part 1)

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The prompt questions provided by the course were around visualisations of education, learning and teaching in these films. Both Corning and Microsoft appear to be actively pushing back against this and describing a vision of the future where technology, and particularly mobile devices, will draw families back together.

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What you should look for when doing a QA

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You should be checking that all interactive elements are easy to use and smooth – disjointed or stilted activities aren’t user-friendly. Subscribe via email on the right to make sure you don’t miss my next post, providing three simple tips for efficient, effective QA.). Functional: This covers how the course works.

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Secrets of an organised person

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If a meeting overruns, I extend it in my calendar and then find new slots for any activities that were affected by the overrun. At first it was tempting to use the different colour labels Outlook provides. I have two final tips for really maximising the benefit of the Outlook calendar: Always adjust the calendar to reflect reality.