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Google Masters For Kids of All Ages: Badges, Skills and More

The CoolCatTeacher

She also shares her micro-credential badging approach that has her fifth graders excited to learn. This handy free Google Docs add-on tracks things like: time spent writing, spelling-grammar-and punctuation error rates and pulls it into a clear graphical view in your teacher dashboard. “I have these great digital badges.

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Using Transactional Distance Theory to inform instructional design

IT Bill

For the past several years, online learning in higher education has focused on delivering a highly structured learning environment. The inverse relationship between learner autonomy and course structure is important to keep in mind as we design for emerging distance learning models. CC-BY by Oliver Clark on Flickr.

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

In 2012, Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Macmillan Higher Education sued Boundless Learning, claiming that the open education textbook startup had “stolen the creative expression of their authors and editors, violating their intellectual-property rights.” Boundless’s materials have been archived by David Wiley’s company Lumen Learning.

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