Hazel Owen
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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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Something practical for Christmas: 22 Google form templates
While the bigger questions around the meaning of education are engaging and 100% necessary, sometimes it is great to have someone create something really practical and immediately usable. Med Kharbach (of Educational Technology and Mobile Learning) has shared, just in … Continue reading
Posted in All, Engagement, Student voice
Tagged E-learning, Educational technology, elearning, Google, Google Form, template
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It’s Time to Stop Letting Fear Interfere With Youth Online Freedom
Another gem from Cynthia Lieberman and Diana (the CyberWise team), It’s Time to Stop Letting Fear Interfere With Youth Online Freedom (by Larry Magid), is a well-expressed plea to not lock everything down and to enable young people to express … Continue reading
Posted in All, Online safety, Student voice
Tagged digital citizenship, digital literacy, online safety
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Vital to education: Non-cognitive skills
Depression 4 (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I found Back to School (by the This American Life Team) an eye-opening podcast that makes a huge amount of sense. In part it asks, how much can we expect teachers to do? Awareness … Continue reading
Posted in All, Research, Student voice
Tagged cognition, Cognitive Science, Education, Intelligence quotient, non-cognitive skills, Podcast, Social Sciences
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Designing learning spaces…some thoughts and resources
English: The media suite at Albany Senior High School, New Zealand. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) There is a growing interest in designing flexible learning spaces that will provide opportunities for students (of all ages) to learn in a space that best … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design, Future, Student voice
Tagged design, designing learning spaces, ecology, elearning, flexible learning spaces, High school, JISC infoNet, learning spaces
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Prompting good learning and setting the stage for authentic student achievement
I have been reading and listening to Gary Stager for several years now, and much of what he says resonates with where I hope education in particular, and approaches to learning in general, are heading. In A Good Prompt is … Continue reading
Posted in All, Design, Future, Student voice
Tagged assessment, design, empowerment, Facilitator, gary stager, Learning, prompts, Research, Student voice, trust, voice
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The eLearning Planning Framework in action
Karen Melhuish kicked off the session by introducing some discussion and thinking about eLearning and what the various terminology might mean. “eLearning is learning and teaching that is facilitated by or supported through the appropriate use of ICTs”, and eMaturity … Continue reading
Global audiences & ‘over the back fence’ peer mentoring
Image by sridgway via Flickr Geoff Wood, who is working in the Health and Life Skills Department at Rosmini College in Takapuna (Auckland) opened by introducing some background around the InterPacific symposium and forum. It started in 2006 with a … Continue reading
Looking for ideas for working with gifted and talented learners?
Image via Wikipedia Gifted and talented learners are sometimes seen as the students who already have a head start. However, the challenge is to work with a range of students who are on a continuum – to have sufficient differentiation … Continue reading
The Life Practice Model: a real life example
Image by Getty Images via @daylifeFor authentic student voice you can’t get much better! In this video Colby takes us through his four years of his time at school, and describes what and how he has learned, and with whom. … Continue reading
