Online Learning News - March 06, 2019 | Welcome to TeachOnline

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A bi-weekly update from Contact North ǀ Contact Nord, Ontario’s Distance Education & Training Network

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Ten Key Facts You Need to Know About Open Digital Badges

Read how colleges, universities, training providers, professional associations, non-profits and private companies are creating, issuing and awarding open badges to students, members, staff, clients and partners to recognize learning achievements.

Ten Key Facts About Open Digital Badges is the sixth in a series by Contact North I Contact Nord on current and emerging tools influencing and shaping online learning, including Blended Learning, OER, Learning Analytics, Artificial Intelligence and Blockchains.

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Competency-Based Online Design and Tools for Quality Assurance at Universities in Spain and The Netherlands

Delve into the online course design model at the University of Catalonia, Spain built around developing competencies and demonstrating achievement of learning objectives through completing challenge activities. The model strives to encourage and support students with clearer goals, directions, time allotments and explanations of requirements.

Explore the Quality Reference Framework (QRF) and the QRF Quality Checklist, two extensive tools to support quality improvement in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), developed by an international research team, the MOOQ Alliance, led by the Open University of the Netherlands.

Ten Key Facts About Blockchains

Learn how blockchains are used in higher education to support e-portfolios, secure academic credentials, connect students to tutors, support life long learning and more. Each key fact is supplemented with links to worldwide resources, extending and deepening our understanding of blockchains.

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Searchable Directory of 75+ EdTech Start-Ups

Contact North I Contact Nord’s searchable directory of 75 + EdTech Start-Ups includes companies developing communication / collaborative tools, learning management systems, and online tutoring, student assessment, and presentation / delivery tools.

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Must-Read Books on Online Learning

Assessment Edition

Books to inspire and guide those committed to the development, expansion and improvement of online learning using innovations in assessment.

For Faculty & Instructors

Deep Comprehension – Multi Disciplinary Approaches to Understanding, Enhancing and Measuring Comprehension

For Instructional Designers

Designing Effective Digital Badges - Application for Learning

For Policy-Makers and Administrators

The Business Side of Learning Design and Technologies

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