by Mendi Benigni | Jan 31, 2022 | Collaboration, content, Pedagogy, TLT
What is Lumi and H5P? H5P is an open source application to create interactive and engaging learning objects quickly and easily. Up until now it required an on-campus installation but now there’s an application called Lumi Education that allows you to create...
by Mendi Benigni | Jan 17, 2022 | Pedagogy
Problem-based Learning “Problem-Based Learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which complex real-world problems are used as the vehicle to promote student learning of concepts and principles as opposed to direct presentation of facts and concepts.”...
by Mendi Benigni | Nov 8, 2021 | Assessment, Best Practices, Tech Generation
In our time online during COVID everyone learned and did things they never thought themselves capable. You learned Zoom, OAKS, Padlet, Jamboard, and so many other tools. You were curious about how to do things differently to achieve better results. Let’s not let...
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 25, 2021 | Assessment, Best Practices, Pedagogy
Research from as far back as the 1980s, and maybe earlier, shows that learning is enhanced and extended if students access prior knowledge before they learn something new. This give them a frame of reference, or “hook,” on which to hang their new learning (Harvey F....
by Mendi Benigni | Oct 11, 2021 | Pedagogy
Scaffolding “Instructional scaffolding is a process through which a teacher adds supports for students in order to enhance learning and aid in the mastery of tasks. The teacher does this by systematically building on students’ experiences and knowledge as they...