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What To Do When A Modality of A Learning Experience is Unclear? –  New WCET Paper

WCET Frontiers

Nicole Johnson’s new WCET-sponsored paper addresses the basic question: “ What to do when a modality of a learning experience is unclear ?” Nicole Johnson is the Executive Director of the Canadian Digital Learning Research Association (CDLRA). We especially focused on the emerging mess of digital learning modality definitions.

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Checkmate: Chess as a Catalyst for Shaping a Collective Learning Experience in Curriculum

Faculty Focus

As assistant professor and instructional designer, we decided to provide students with a collective learning experience during the first two weeks of the semester—students would learn about the game of Chess while also learning about the essential components of a curriculum.

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Checkmate: Chess as a Catalyst for Shaping a Collective Learning Experience in Curriculum

Faculty Focus

I collaborated with a colleague, and we decided to provide students with a collective learning experience during the first two weeks of the semester—students would learn about the game of Chess while also learning about the essential components of a curriculum. For many, they did not have much experience with Chess.

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3 Questions for Kelly Heuer, VP of Learning Experience at edX (a 2U Company)

Inside Higher Ed

Blog: Learning Innovation Kelly Heuer and I have been collaborating in the context of my college’s portfolio of online programs on the edX platform. In our work together, I’ve been impressed with Kelly’s understanding of academic culture paired with her deep expertise in learning science.

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Learning to use formative assessment in one New Jersey tutoring program

Deans for Impact

Whereas traditional early field experiences often involve teacher-candidate observation from the back of a classroom, this on-the-job learning experience empowers future teachers to feel in charge of the learning that results from their instruction. The work of tutoring, like that of teaching, is no easy task.

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National University Students Given Access to Work-Based Learning Via Online Platform

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For the past three years, students at National University (NU) have been given the chance to bolster their in-classroom learning with integrated real-world work experience via a partnership between NU and work-based learning platform Riipen. Errin Heyman, associate vice president of learning experience at NU.

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Ensuring the success of future teachers to enact foundational skills literacy instruction

Deans for Impact

Together, they learn spelling patterns for the different pronunciations of “y,” sounding new words out using syllabication rules they had previously learned for decoding. At DFI, we’ve worked extensively with ed-prep programs to support future teachers’ use of knowledge-rich curriculum to foster comprehension with all students.

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