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Gamification: Culprit or Victim?

Recently Gamification has become the fad we love to hate, but why? And is it really a fad? If you were to take a poll in your office, you may find people using words like “silly,” “unnecessary,” and “childish,” to describe the use of gamification in your workplace. If...

Preventing Cheating in MOOC’s

In an article in Campus Technology, Dian Schaffnauser published information on students cheating in MOOCs that MIT discovered through some rather fancy algorithms. Researchers from MIT and Harvard University have uncovered a new cheating scheme specific to MOOCs. As...

Three Conversations to Have With an LMS Vendor

When evaluating course management systems (CMS) or learning management systems (LMS), there are three key conversation topics that should be explored before creating a short list: Features & Scalability, Training & Support, and Adoption Rates. While other...

Should Small Colleges Use MOOC Technology?

Answer: Yes, according to W. Joseph King and Michael Nanfito, small colleges should consider “how they can use MOOC technology to continue creating and sustaining their collaborative traditions. MOOC stands for Massive Open Online Course, and are designed to...

Using Wikis in Courses

There are so many course tools available within most learner management systems (LMS). Whether you are teaching on-campus, online, or hybrid, LMS’ are a great facilitator for delivering learning materials to students. A wiki is a great collaboration tool that can be...