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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 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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Organisational approaches to e-learning in the tertiary sector: An annotated bibliography
Tertiary sector organisations have developed a range of approaches around planning and implementing eLearning. This report gives an overview of some of the research literature relating to a variety of approaches. The executive summary for the report reads as follows: The … Continue reading
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What are the most important issues for students and parents when it comes to satisfaction with Higher Eduction?
What are the most important issues for students and parents when it comes to satisfaction with Higher Eduction (HE)? This infographic (based on US data) highlights important factors, as well as providing some guidelines for improving the overall college experience. I … Continue reading
Posted in All, Research, Student voice
Tagged Adult learner, Colleges and Universities, Community, Education, Educators, empowerment, High school, parents, Student voice
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Think before it’s too late (Edward de Bono)
It is really different to convince people that thinking is important. Thinking needs to be practical rather than political, and focussed on ‘what’s next’ rather than what has been. According to Edward de Bono (keynote at the final day of … Continue reading
Posted in All, Engagement, Future, Research
Tagged Edward de Bono, Mind, Science in Society, Six Thinking Hats, Skeptical Inquiry, Thought
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One thought to rule them all: The most powerful force in the world
This was the keynote presentation on day 4 of ICOT. Kerry Spackman, opened by saying that you can work really hard but if nothing changes you are wasting your time. And making a small difference, even if you don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in All, Future, Research
Tagged Belief, change, diversity, future, innovation, Kerry Spackman, motivation, neuroscience, psychology, sustainability
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Human architecture of the brain and cognitive load theory – so what?
Another person who I have watched (on video) is Lane Clark, (and talked about her work for e.g. What is real learning?) so I am really looking forward to her session. Interesting that Lane had music playing, toys on the … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design, Engagement, Research
Tagged Attention, Brain, cognition, cognitive load theory, Education, Learning, Methods and Theories, Working memory
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30 Surprising (possibly controversial) research findings about how young people learn
In November, just before the Christmas madness, Tess Pajaron dropped me an email to share an article that focuses on how people learn based on a range of research. The writer explores 30 approaches, each of them drawn from current research … Continue reading
Posted in All, Engagement, Research
Tagged "Early childhood", Education, Learning Theories, Methods and Theories, Reading, Research
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Towards a sustainable support strategy for online students
English: Steph’s Rol Model (Photo credit: Wikipedia) This was a presentation given by Elizabeth Smith and Anne Lonie. The objective of the course is to introduce students to engineering, and the professional sustainable practice that goes alongside the engineering skills. … Continue reading
Posted in All, e-learning, Research
Tagged ascilite2012. #ascilite2012, E-learning, Education, Student
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Data mining interactions in a 3D immersive enviroment for real-time feedback during similated surgery
The presenter, Gregor Kennedy, started by saying that this is a bit of an odd presentation. He was presenting on behalf of quite a big team, including a couple of data mining experts. Learning analytics are a hot topic…”and why … Continue reading
Posted in All, Future, Research
Tagged data mining, feedback, immersive simulation, learning analytics, simulation
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