How Can Learning Analytics Better Support Community College Students?

What learning analytics would be most useful in a community college, and how could those data help students make more informed decisions throughout their educational journey? At the institution where I worked, we served as an open-enrollment college that accepted students with a wide range of academic backgrounds and life experiences. Placement measures such asContinue reading “How Can Learning Analytics Better Support Community College Students?”

Why Is Gamification Harder to Implement in K–12 Education?

If gamification has become common in corporate training, why does it still seem difficult to implement consistently in K–12 education? Rebecca Torchia of EdTech Magazine makes an important distinction between gamification and game-based learning. Gamification involves adding game-like elements to an activity that is not inherently a game, while game-based learning places the educational contentContinue reading “Why Is Gamification Harder to Implement in K–12 Education?”