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Student voice and meaningful engagement: What might this look like?
I live-blogged these notes during a session facilitated by Rachel McNae (University of Waikato). Rachel’s background and main area of interest is student voice, and one of the questions she asks is, what might this look like? Her session looked … Continue reading
Posted in All, e-learning, Research, Student voice
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What is the difference between a Learning Outcome, and aim, and an objective?
You may, or may not ;-p be wondering what the differences are between aims, learning outcomes and objectives. In a nutshell: Learning Outcomes (LOs), aims and objectives are often used synonymously, but in fact refer mainly to intentions. LOs are … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design
Tagged aims, learning outcomes, LOs, objectives, student achievement of learning outcomes, writing learning outcomes
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Framing mobile learning from the perspective of learners’ experiences
Mobile learning has been around as a concept for quite a while, as something that involves “any sort of learning that happens when the learner is not at a fixed, predetermined location, or learning that happens when the learner takes advantage … Continue reading
What impact is participating in a Virtual Professional Learning and Development programme having for students? Check out this video
This video provides some teacher’s reflections and insights as to how participating within the Virtual Professional Learning and Development programme programme has helped their students and impacted their practice. We would like to acknowledge and thank all of the participants who shared … Continue reading
Posted in All, Evaluation, Professional Learning Development, Research
Tagged evaluation, feedback, impact on students, Ministry of Education, VPLD
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Millenials under the microscope: Resources, ideas and a quiz from Cyberwise
The wonderful team at Cyberwise recently shared the following resources, focussed on the Millennial Generation, in NewsWise. Whether you are convinced or not that folk are ‘wired differently’ because of the ability to be ‘connected’, creative, and communicating 24/7, these resources are well … Continue reading
Posted in All, e-learning, Online safety
Tagged future, Generation Y, Millennial, Millennial Generation
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Building the Network for Learning: Commentary by Niki Davis
You may, or may not, be familiar with the Network for Learning (N4L) that is being developed in New Zealand. The potential of such a network is huge, but it requires a collaborative effort to actually make it work. It’s … Continue reading
Posted in All, Social Networking
Tagged Christchurch, Community, future, Network for Learning, New Zealand, virtual learning, Virtual Learning Network, VLN
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Designing learning that matters? How might shift in understanding be captured?
This session by Sarah Martin and Chris Bradbeer was opened and the presentation team was introduced. The Stonefields School was also described (it is pretty new, and only opened its gates in Feb 2011), as well as their focus on the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design, Evaluation
Tagged design, evaluation, Learning, learning spaces
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The life of PII (Public Interest Index) – Harnessing the Tiger (Government)
Mai Chen, the keynote for day 3 of the ICOT conference, is an energetic, provocative professional, who, again, I have seen only on video previously. Today she is speaking about thinking keeps you ahead of the wave, which includes Nobel … Continue reading
