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Online assessment: the student voice

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Success was based on giving students a voice. Involving students in this manner not only gives them a voice in the assessment process, but also engages them in thinking about what is being assessed and how they can meet the assessment criteria. 2016) E-Assessment Process: Giving A Voice to Online Learners. Carbonell, M.

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Teacher Voices: Chris Nesbitt

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I loved being referred to by first name. Photo courtesy of Chris Nesbitt Teacher Voices: Chris Nesbitt by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 I have experienced schools where they are completely child led. Unported License.

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Engaging online learners 1

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All you have is your voice. References Gunawardena, C. Hershey, NY: Information Science Reference. Photo by Steve Wheeler Engaging online learners 1 by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Warburton (Eds.) Unported License.

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Passion for education

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Many teachers think this but few voice it as an issue. References Bolton, G. Passion for education by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 An interesting question arose on Twitter recently around standards. This is profound.

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Confessions of a teacher

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He maintains that there should be a balance between echo chambers (where everyone agrees with each other and there is no learning) and hostile, fear ridden environments where people feel they cannot speak out for fear of being humiliated by stronger voices. Reference Gerver, R. 2019) Education: A Manifesto for Change. Unported License.

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Digital assignments: How shall we grade them?

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Would a hyperlink in a blog be equivalent to a reference in an essay? How difficult is it for example, to put a voice-over track or a music track onto a video, or overlay captions? Photo from Wikimedia Commons Digital assignments: How shall we grade them? How for example, have you agreed an equivalency for wordcount in a video?

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The future of gaming

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Recently, with the development of handheld controls (such as the Nintendo Wii), 3D screens (Nintendo 3DS) and non touch gestural and voice controls (Microsoft's XBox 360 Kinect) games have become increasingly captivating, and have an immersive quality. References Nemerow, L. 1996) Do classroom games improve motivation and learning?

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