Authentic Learning

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Authentic Learning

Using Learner Analytics to Identify and Promote Effective Teaching Practices

April 11, 2012 | A session at the ELI 2012 Online Spring Focus Session

UMBC's most active LMS course requires students to pass preclass quizzes before accessing and submitting later assignments. Consequently, student activity has skyrocketed, and scores are 20%…

"Bag It and Tag It": Implementing a Course-Level Learning Portfolio Using CMS-Based Tools to Document Student Learning When Teaching in Wild, Open Spaces with Cloud-Based Tools (Pilot Program/Emerging Technology)

February 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2011

As more of us adopt cloud-based tools (e.g., blogs, wikis, Google Docs, etc.) for use by students in authentic learning activities, we find ourselves without the student-produced artifacts that we …

Virtual Learning Environment Showcase

January 20, 2010 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2010

Through rapid "lightning round" introductions, campus practitioners will share how they are leveraging today's technologies to create mobile and virtual learning environments. Learn …

Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization (TEC)

September 23, 2009 | A session at the ELI 2009 Online Fall Focus Session

In a complex environment filled with uncertainty, we use a process-based approach to teach interdisciplinary teams how to unlock the opportunities embedded within the discoveries found in univers…

Hands-On Authentic Teaching in a Distance Learning Environment (Innovative Practice)

January 21, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

The University of Arizona's online graduate certificate program in Digital Information Management (DigIn) makes extensive use of authentic learning environments that include hands-on experient…

Institutionalizing the E-Portfolio: Addressing Assessment, Pedagogy, and Professional Development Issues for Widespread Adoption (Learning Technology)

January 21, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

Programmatic assessment, integrative learning, and student career preparation are among the pedagogical and institutional goals that many feel e-portfolios can help resolve. This panel will focus o…

Learning in an Emergent, Model-Based Environment Created by Cyberinfrastructure and Community: nanoHUB.org

January 21, 2009 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2009

Powered by the HUBzero.org cyberinfrastructure platform developed at Purdue University, nanoHUB.org presents nanotechnology learners with interactive, graphical simulation programs right in their w…

Authentic Critical Reflection: Critique_It in Second Life

March 19, 2008 | A session at the ELI 2008 Online Spring Focus Session

Critique_It is an online virtual classroom critique system originally developed at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Croquet and ported to Second Life. The critique is a rudimentary instructio…

Authentic Learning in History and Social Sciences: How "Real" Can We Make the Classroom Experience?

March 19, 2008 | A session at the ELI 2008 Online Spring Focus Session

How can we bring authentic learning, with real-world outcomes and assessments, into the history/social science classroom? This session will discuss the presenter's efforts to design and teach …

Building the Scaffolding: Supporting Student Use of Technology in the Learning Process (Innovative Practice)

January 30, 2008 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2008

This presentation will describe the support scaffolding for student use of technology in the learning process provided by a collaboration of academic support units at Hamilton College. We will desc…