Build a Web Page Fast with Emmet.io
I’ve been developing a lot of elearning design in HTML5 recently, and I’ve been rediscovering how much I love working with Emmet.io (formerly known as Zen Coding). It’s a simple syntax that lets you...
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Planning a High School Digital Storytelling Class
A friend is moving to Korea to start teaching a digital storytelling class to high school age students. He asked for some thoughts to get started, and I thought these notes might benefit other...
Knowledge Skills and Attitudes
Sometimes Twitter is just too small for big ideas– below is a twitter conversation that sprung up around my recent post Competency vs. Mastery. This post will describe how Knowledge Skills and Attitudes fit...
Defining Success in a CBE Program
.@PhilOnEdTech @tedcurran Another challenge – what do you do with a learner who only masters 70% of outcomes? Today, we rely on pass/fail — Mike Sharkey (@mjshark) May 13, 2015 Thanks for asking, Mike....
Competency vs. Mastery
@tedcurran having trouble commenting on great post; what is your take on mastery v competency per https://t.co/jCgIbZSoVj ? #blogrequest — Phil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) May 10, 2015 Hi Phil, Thanks for your kind invitation...
Make Your Perfect Markdown Editor with Atom Editor Plugins
Up until now I’ve used dedicated Markdown editors like Haroopad and MacDown as a tool where I can focus on writing, while reserving more sophisticated code editors like Coda and Atom for web design...
Towards a High-Touch Competency Based Education Model
“At this time in our history, the most valuable institutions will be those that generate real learning from average or disadvantaged students, not those that generate learning from those students for whom learning is,...
Proficiency vs. Mastery: Recognizing Growth and Excellence in CBE
In response to Kaplan University Begins Offering Personalized Competency Reports to More than 40,000 Students Kaplan University’s Personalized Competency Reports It’s great to see Kaplan’s Competency Report, though it’s a bit less granular than...
LAUSD’s iPad Debacle and Enduring Principles for EdTech Decision Making
Why I Would Have Avoided LA’s iPad Debacle In response to the Wired article “What Schools Must Learn from LA’s iPad Debacle”. [Full disclosure: I am a Pearson employee but have no inside knowledge...
Self-Paced Learning and the Psychic Load of Teaching
As we look at traditional education and try and explain how it got this way, one topic is so taboo that it rarely gets discussed. as much as we love and value our students,...