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Maker pedagogy

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More and more teachers are beginning to realise that creating environments and possibilities where students make things is a very powerful pedagogy. American educator Jackie Gerstein makes some important observations about how teachers can change their perspectives and embrace maker pedagogy. Unported License.

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Bear pit pedagogy

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They need to be aware that there are alternative perspectives and they need to be able to defend a position from attack. Too much bad theory has crept into the classroom in recent years, as I have previously commented , and we want to ensure that our trainee teachers are aware of flaws, counter-arguments and alternatives to all theories.

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Assessment in the digital age

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The table above helps to simplify the complexity somewhat, and provides educators with models that helpfully describe alternative approaches to pedagogy. Assessment in the digital age by Steve Wheeler was written in Plymouth, England and is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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The cult of the grade

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Assessment drives pedagogy, so if assessment doesn't change, it's difficult to teach in new ways. It's bad pedagogy, and needs to be challenged. It is difficult, when leaders resist, for institutions to break out of old, traditional thinking about pedagogy. The way teachers teach is defined by the way they assess learning.

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Teaching Materials Management Systems in Higher Education: Challenges and Opportunities

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It scrutinizes the complexities and opportunities that underpin the pursuit of academic excellence and student-centric pedagogy. Integration and Updating of Teaching Materials Within higher education, the enduring struggle of incorporating and refreshing instructional materials is fundamental to effective pedagogy.

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Future technologies now

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Google Cardboard was on show, but so were other alternatives. In fact, it was surprising how inexpensive but robust some of the alternatives were in comparison to Cardboard. As they develop and the software becomes more powerful and responsive to our needs and desires, we will see some exciting new pedagogies emerge.

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Instructional Content Licensing: A Framework for Sharing and Reusing Educational Materials

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Besides, sharing resources enables teachers to propagate their pedagogy far and wide. Choose an apt open license – with Creative Commons being a popular pick for educational content – and integrate it digitally. It also helps teachers develop their own educational resources with help from their peers.

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