Monthly Archives: November 2003

e-Portfolios for Elementary Schools

Just ran across a page on e-Portfolios for elementary schools… Tools and Instruments for Educators I need to follow up and find out more about it! This is on Concordia’s Centre for Learning and Performance .

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LO’s for creating LO’s

In the November issue of the e-Strategy Newsletter comes an article about some very exciting tools that have been developed by UBC’s Arts ISIT group: New e-Learning Tools Make it Easy for Faculty and Students to Create Media-Rich Learning Resources … Continue reading

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e-Strategy Newsletter Article: How Can We Avoid the Pitfalls of Learning Objects and use them Effectively Instead?

My colleague Brian Lamb delivers another excellent summary of some of the issues related to learning object development in the latest e-Strategy newsletter… How Can We Avoid the Pitfalls of Learning Objects and use them Effectively Instead? This month Brian … Continue reading

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Re-usable Learning objects competition — from Singapore

Via Ray Schroeder’s Online Learning Update comes this link to an article describing some of the community engagement efforts of the E-Learning Competency Centrein Singapore. Computerworld Singapore – Vol. 10 Issue No. 8, 26 November – 2 December 2003 – … Continue reading

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Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – Assessment Rubric

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators – Assessment Rubrics — At the Discovery.com site, a good listing of assessment tools, focusing in on rubrics. There are four links for e-Portfolios.

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Opus is Back!

I might be the only person in the world that did not realize it was coming… But boy was it awesome to see Opus back in the local funnies (featured in our Vancouver Province today)…. Now, if I could only … Continue reading

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Illustrated MT Templates

mediatinker.com Nice explanation of templates in movable type…. I like it when there are pictures!

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The Ray Schroeder Blog Suite — Most Excellent Blogs!

I am so glad I ran across, and now have Ray Schroeder’s blogs on my RSS Reader… Educational Technology Techno-News Blog Online Learning Update Everyday I find at least one post to be valuable, like today’s link to the cell … Continue reading

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e-Portfolio Day at UBC Robson Square, December 5, 2003

I mentioned that I would post a note about our upcoming e-Portfolio event on my blog… and here it is! I beleive that this will be the first event of its kind in BC — > and we hope to … Continue reading

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Earth as Art

From Teaching and Developing online comes this extraordinary link… Earth as Art — one of the Library of Congress Collections. These are the sites that draw me back to my geological roots… Ok, they just make me say .. ooooooo….. … Continue reading

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