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The cult of the grade

Learning with e's

Score consistently at 70% or above and you will be awarded a first class degree. Assessment drives pedagogy, so if assessment doesn't change, it's difficult to teach in new ways. It's bad pedagogy, and needs to be challenged. The idea was derived from earlier writings in 1785. down the scale. They become defined by their grades.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Sure, the pedagogy may not be perfect, but the alternative is much worse. The pedagogy of MOOCs will be enriched. Employers will consider certificates of completion meaningless, while maintaining a reserved suspicion over assessment scores. Don’t all these people deserve a better education?

OER 279
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Summer Learning Camp: develop your general knowledge with Trivial Pursuit!

Coorpacademy

Know the plant-based alternatives to leather. By answering a question, whether you answer correctly or not, you will have access to these two irremovable elements of the Coorpacademy pedagogy. At the end of the Advanced level, you will be able to : Know which resource is the most exploited by humans after water. So far, nothing new.

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The future of MOOCs

E-Learning Provocateur

Sure, the pedagogy may not be perfect, but the alternative is much worse. The pedagogy of MOOCs will be enriched. Employers will consider certificates of completion meaningless, while maintaining a reserved suspicion over assessment scores. Don’t all these people deserve a better education?

OER 224
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Trivial Pursuit : 2 new courses to make people love to learn

Coorpacademy

Understand the etymology of the word “climate” Know the plant-based alternatives to leather. By answering a question, whether you answer correctly or not, you will have access to these two irremovable elements of the Coorpacademy pedagogy. Master the concept of grey energy. Three levels, increasing levels of difficulty.

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10 Adobe Captivate Alternatives

Ed App

The market has a plethora of Adobe Captivate alternatives that will allow you to produce and design beautiful elearning content without burning a hole in your pocket. In this article, we’ll review some other Adobe Captivate alternatives that you should definitely check out. . Adobe Captivate Alternative #1 – EdApp.

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The Ultimate Glossary of eLearning Terms

LearnUpon

Although this movement away from Flash will generate cost and complexity for eLearning professionals, LearnUpon offers their customers a number of alternatives including support for HTML5 content delivery. Originally used to compress image files, nowadays it’s best known for moving images which are a lightweight alternative to video.