Archive for the ‘Standards’ Category

Badge-Based Learning Competition Names Winners

The growing badge-based-learning movement, which provides students with digital credentials that challenge traditional measures of achievement like college degrees, got a boost yesterday. Winners of the Badges for Lifelong Learning Competition, which began in September, were announced at the Digital Media and Learning Conference, in San Francisco.Wired Campus Full Article

New guidelines for ed-tech research could help educators, vendors

Report explains how to evaluate educational technology programs and services properly and effectivelySOURCE: eSchool NewsRead the Full Article

Guidelines For Creating Accessible Online Learning Technologies

The SALT Project is a collaboration with the IMS Global Learning Consortium to make online learning resources accessible to people with disabilities by developing and promoting specifications and effective models that will help level the playing field for learners with disabilities. http://ncam.wgbh.org/salt