Since the beginning of this “e-Portfolio” thing, I have been relying a lot on Journals in Mahara as evidence of student growth and to promote reflective learning. So far, so good, except for the fact that students keep forgetting how to do it or sometimes, do things in a way that is not really what I want. So, last year, in the Global Citizenship Course, I made a video that showed the whole process: from writing a journal entry to Read More …
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Conference on Global Higher Education
Beginning of June, me and Debra presented at the “The Third Annual Conference on Global Higher Education at Lakeland College Japan”. It was nice to be in a conference again and exchange ideas with other scholars. More pleasant was the fact that I was presenting about something that is having an impact on our students and actually working in practice, not only theory. [display-posts tag=”moodle” image_size=”thumbnail”] This time, I was showing how active learning and critical thinking are achieved through Read More …
FD レポート
今日は教育学部の先生たちに電子ポートフォリオシステムについての説明会でした。
FD session report
Yesterday’s session was amazing. We were not only able to cover everything we wanted but people’s response to it was great. Faculty members seemed very receptive and interested. The files distributed during the presentation, as well as the presentation itself, are in the page below: http://portfolio.miyazaki-mic.ac.jp/mahara/view/view.php?t=mT1CRzUx6lSnQiN5qOJB
First version of ICT badges
Our class is a living laboratory: First we decided to use Mahara and the new e-Portfolio server in it. Later we started using the rubrics I developed at the end of last year. Now, we are using badges to award students achievements AND to keep class motivation. Syllabus for this class with the evaluation rubrics and badges is available on the MIC website: http://www.mic.ac.jp/pdf/syllabus/SCI151-2.pdf