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The great sage of our time offers the following definition of dilemma...more...
Constructive alignment is an approach to designing courses where there is - not surprisingly - alignment between what the students do, what is assessed and what it is intended that they will learn. It's gotten a lot of play in the higher education sector over recent years. It has some value, but I've always had some qualms about constructive alignment, but I'd like to add another observation about an apparent tension within constructively aligned courses....more...
This semester I'm teaching EDU8117, Networked and Global Learning, one of the Masters level courses here at USQ. It's been an interesting experience because I'm essentially supporting the design - a very detailed "constructive alignment" design - prepared by someone else. The following is a belated start of my plan to engage in the course at some level like a student. The requirement was to use one of a few provided quotes attempting to define either networked learning or global learning and link it to personal experience. A first step in developing a research article in the topic....more...
So the 2013 NetSpot Innovation Fund has been announced. You can read more on that prior link but my summary is that NetSpot will contribute their human resources (with significant expertise around Moodle development, QA etc.) to improving an existing innovation with the aim of making it more sustainable. In the words of the guidelines...more...