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Open curriculum for teaching digital accessibility

open access: yesFrontiers in Computer Science, 2023
In Ontario, Canada, universities are obligated under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) to ensure that people with disabilities do not face barriers to education, and they are free from barriers in society more broadly.
Greg Gay
doaj   +1 more source

The use, role and reception of open badges as a method for formative and summative reward in two Massive Open Online Courses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Open online learning courses such as cMOOCs and xMOOCs differ from conventional courses yet it remains uncertain how, and if, existing common yet costly practices associated with teacher-driven formative and summative assessment strategies can be made to
Cross, Simon   +2 more
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Digital badges

open access: yesASCILITE Publications, 2018
The importance and influence of digital technologies as a mediator and facilitator of learning is fundamentally changing education; what it encompasses, what counts as learning, who has access, where and when it occurs, and the ways in which skills, knowledge and capabilities are recognised. One technological innovation that has emerged within the last
openaire   +1 more source

Comparing Transcriptomic Responses to Chemicals Across Six Species Using the EcoToxChip RNASeq Database

open access: yesEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry, EarlyView.
Abstract The EcoToxChip project includes RNA‐sequencing data from experiments involving model (Japanese quail, fathead minnow, African clawed frog) and ecological (double‐crested cormorant, rainbow trout, northern leopard frog) species at multiple life stages (whole embryo and adult) exposed to eight chemicals of environmental concern known to perturb ...
Krittika Mittal   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A meta-analysis of digital badges in learning environments in educational settings

open access: yesEducational Technology & Society
The popularity of digital badges has been accelerated in recent years. Advocates of digital badges suggest their use may improve students’ motivation and achievement, but existing empirical studies have failed to show consistent results.
Victor Law   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Extroverts Tweet Differently from Introverts in Weibo

open access: yes, 2017
Being dominant factors driving the human actions, personalities can be excellent indicators in predicting the offline and online behavior of different individuals.
Xu, Ke, Zhao, Jichang, Zhou, Zhenkun
core   +1 more source

Characteristics, Motivators, and Enablers of Educators Who Earn Many Micro‐Credentials

open access: yesFuture in Educational Research, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study explores the characteristics, motivators, and enablers of US educators, who earned more than ten micro‐credentials. Although research exists on attitudes and motivators associated with educators newly engaging with micro‐credentials, it lacks insights into learners earning many micro‐credentials.
Marilys Galindo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Use of Badges as Achievements to Enhance Online Learning

open access: yesArchives of Medicine and Health Sciences
Background and Aim: Digital badges are electronic symbols used as microcredentials to document achievement or skills mastered such as course completion, professional development participation, or training completion. The use of digital badges is trending
B. V. Swaroop Raj, C. Divya
doaj   +1 more source

A Content Analysis of the Emergent Scholarship on Digital and Open Badges in Higher Education Learning and Assessment

open access: yesIssues and Trends in Educational Technology, 2019
Higher Education has seen its fair share of innovations, many of which were made possible by digital technologies. Digital and open badges (DOBs) are emergent technologies that many believe could further reform, even disrupt, key tenets in higher ...
Noela Haughton, Priti Singh
doaj   +1 more source

The accessibility of administrative processes: Assessing the impacts on students in higher education [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Administrative processes that need to be completed to maintain a basic standard of living, to study, or to attain employment, are perceived to create burdens for disabled people.
Coughlan, Tim, Lister, Katharine
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