Kialo-Edu

Empowering reason

Resource Type: Collaboration Platform

External Links:
https://www.kialo-edu.com/login?next=my

https://www.digitaled.ie/a-review-of-kialo-a-tool-for-teaching-critical-thinking-and-rational-debate/

Kialo is a free tool used by educators world-wide to teach critical thinking, facilitate rational classroom debate and explain controversial issues.

Recommended by our Digital Champions:

Orla Skehill

ATU Galway-Mayo

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Ease of Use

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The tool has a user-friendly interface and it is easy for instructors and students to become skillful with in a personalized and intuitive manner.

Media Rich & Flexible Features

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The tool is restrictive in terms of the representational forms employed (audio, visual, textual) and presents information sequentially in a rigid, inflexible format

Mobile Design & Functionality

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The tool can be accessed either via app or a mobile browser, regardless of the mobile operating system and device. Design of the mobile tool fully takes into consideration the constraints of a smaller-sized screen and has full functionality.

Integration / Embedding with Moodle

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The tool can be embedded within Moodle, perhaps with with limited functionality, but can not be fully integrated.

Support / Help

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Technical support and help documentation is available directly from the software providers website and/or built in to the application.

Enhancement of Cognitive Tasks

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The tool enables functional improvement to engagement in the targeted cognitive task(s)

Metacognitive Engagement

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Opportunities for receiving formative feedback on learning are available, but infrequent or limited (i.e. poor opportunities for tracking performance, monitoring improvement, testing knowledge on a regular basis)

Collaboration

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The tool has the capacity to support a community of learning through both asynchronous and synchronous opportunities for communication, interactivity, and transfer of meaning between users

Sign Up / Sign In

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All users (instructors and learners) must provide personal information to a third party in creating an account and there is some question or concern of the adherence to local, institutional, or personal policies/standards for protecting the collection and use of such data by the third party group.

Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data

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Users can archive, save, or import and export content or activity data in a variety of formats

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Kialo-Edu

Empowering reason

Orla Skehill

Related Digital Story

Ease of Use

Media Rich & Flexible Features

Mobile Design & Functionality

Integration / Embedding with Moodle

Support / Help

Facilitation

Learning Analytics

Enhancement of Cognitive Tasks

Metacognitive Engagement

Collaboration

Sign Up / Sign In

Archiving, Saving, and Exporting Data

User-focused Participation

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