Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-25 Thread Wes Turner
LMS / LRS Specs: - xAPI/TinCan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experience_API - SCORM https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharable_Content_Object_Reference_Model Interactive content specs - H5P https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H5P https://h5p.org

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-25 Thread Santiago Basulto
I'm against certificates as a money making machine (think Cisco). I'd be great to provide a free (or very cheap) certificates that fulfill its duty (endorse the knowledge and up-to-date status of the teacher) keeping it open and accessible. One option I'm thinking is peer-reviewed certificates. It

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-25 Thread Jeff Elkner
Great discussion, and thanks for kicking it off, Dr. Chuck! To be "relevant" to teachers, whatever scheme you devise should fit easily into the re-certification process teachers go through to maintain their licenses to teach. The problem in the US is that there are 50 different processes to

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-25 Thread Stephen Murphy
Hello all, This area is very relevant in Ireland at the moment with our new upper high school computer science subject being introduced. I was wondering would someone on this list like to write a short article on their experiences with the above topic for the Computer Science Teachers'

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-24 Thread Wes Turner
OpenBadges https://openbadges.org/get-started/issuing-badges/ > Open Badges provide a flexible way to recognize learning wherever it happens, in and out of formal education and the workplace. They can represent any achievement from simple participation to evidence-backed competency development.

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-24 Thread kirby urner
Hi Charles (fond memories from Google App Engine days... we met at a Pycon in Chicago years ago)... Issuing some proof of completion, in certificate form (an actual document with their name on it, could be PDF) helps your enrollees put something on their resume. The other half of that equation

Re: [Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-24 Thread Nicholas H.Tollervey
I'm currently working on this: https://codegrades.com/ This is still very early stages. N. On 25/01/2019 01:35, Charles Severance wrote: > Hi all, > > I am working with a group of college professors at small schools and > developing a program to help them teach programming to non-programmers. 

[Edu-sig] Question about certifying teachers

2019-01-24 Thread Charles Severance
Hi all, I am working with a group of college professors at small schools and developing a program to help them teach programming to non-programmers.  One aspect of this is to provide training for the teachers.   It might be cool to invent a certificate to give them after they complete