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Author Archives: Jolene Z
Quest Forward Learning Blog Posts
My most recent blog posts can be found on the Quest Forward Learning blog. Six Essential Habits Get Active! Research Brief: Personalized Learning The Role of Practice in a Post-Memorization World Project-based Learning, or Just a Project?
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Uncovering and Embracing Teacher Creativity
Yesterday I facilitated a jam packed session on teacher creativity at the Three Rivers Educational Technology Conference (TRETC). We talked about what it means to be a creative teacher and how to become more creative. The importance of trying new … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, creativity, educational technology, iteration, risk, teachers, TRETC
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Meeting of the Mavericks 2: Teaching Game Design
A great discussion on teaching game design.
Posted in Games, Small Talk
Tagged game design, games, teaching, webinar, working examples
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A sneak peek into WEx research findings
Earlier this year, I conducted a research study on behalf of the Working Examples team. We wanted to know first-hand why people use WEx and what they get from the site and community. Why do they use it? How does … Continue reading
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Tagged case study, interviews, online communities, professional learning, research, working examples
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Badgineers Small Talk
Last week a group of us from the WEx community came together to talk about digital badges.
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Tagged badges, Chicago, cities of learning, design, digital badges, open badges, Pittsburgh, research, webinar, working examples
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Meeting of the mavericks: Games in the classroom
Just had an awesome conversation with a bunch of maverick teachers. Take a peek to see how they’re using games in their classrooms.
Posted in Games, Small Talk
Tagged game design, games, instruction, teachers, webinar, working examples
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GLS 2014 design jam
The slides from our GLS design jam – building a foundation for impactful work.
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Tagged conference, games, games learning society, presentation, strategy, working examples, workshop
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Disseminating research design and practice
I spend lots of time thinking about the best ways to disseminate research to impact practice. Here’s what Audrey Waters and Drew Davidson have to say about the topic.
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Tagged practice, publishing, research, webinar, working examples
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Improvement research
This post is about a type of research that’s applicable to all of us – improvement research. Teachers, admins, informal educators, designers and policy makers: keep reading because we can ALL use improvement research to assess changes in practices and … Continue reading
You Say You Want an Innovation: Practical Steps Towards Improvment – Louis Gomez
Louis Gomez gave a wonderful keynote at the Digital Media and Learning Conference last week. He talked about the importance of sharing how we do work and how we “make stuff happen”. This is something we think about a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged conference, digital media, digital media and learning, DML, families, improvement research, innovation, scale
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