Flexible Learning Opportunities

Written by David TrussApril 8, 2014September 18, 2014 9 Comments

Later this morning I will be a member of a Panel on the topic of “Flexible Learning“, at the 2014 BC Distributed Learning Conference. [Updates added after the session.] We will each be given 3-4 minutes to share our opening remarks, and with those remarks we could have one slide. Here is the slide that […]

Badges, Gaming, and Digital Media

Written by David TrussJanuary 30, 2013January 30, 2013 16 Comments

I’ve been outspoken on the topic of adding rewards & incentives or ‘carrots‘ to courses and classroom management, and so it is rather unusual for me to be thinking about things like implementing badges. However, I’m very interested in using gaming strategies in education and I’m also interested in providing students with opportunities to […]

"The Humble Carrot by Nick Wheeler -BY-NC-SA- nickwheeleroz on Flickr"

Classes of Donkeys

Written by David TrussOctober 30, 2012December 1, 2014 23 Comments

I read an article in Mind/Shift recently that really bothered me. It was the title that drew me in: “What Works in Tech Tools: Spotlight on ClassDojo“. I had already seen that ClassDojo was a behaviour management tool and thought, ‘Really? This is a tech tool that works?’ From the article: HOW IT WORKS Each […]