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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

In the CBE environment students enter a program of study at different times and progress at different rates. The use of practice quizzes along with digital badging systems and other formative assessment tools can assist students in measuring their own progress, as well as providing motivational support. Weimer (2010).

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

You can read the series here: 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019. But in 2010, the company, co-founded by Gina Bianchini and Marc Andreessen, announced that it would no longer offer a free version. The key word in that headline isn’t “digital”; it’s “force.” Wedge Tailed Green Pigeon.

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