Learning with e's

JANUARY 3, 2013

What will be the future of school classrooms? It is unlikely that we will see the demise of the classroom in the next decade. Those who study the future of education often suggest that the demise of traditional classrooms is not only inevitable, but imminent. Is he right? As ever, your comments on this blog are welcome.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 16, 2014

This passive, reductionist explanation of learning prompted a number of pedagogical strategies, including reinforcement of behaviour, punishment and reward, and the introduction of teaching machines with their instructional texts, structured assessment of learning and remedial loops. Unported License. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 21, 2014

Most teachers by now will be aware of the concept of the flipped classroom. Instruction takes place outside the classroom and discussion follows in the classroom. Flipped classrooms generally take advantage of technology for off campus learning while maximising the presence of the teacher for discursive and iterative activities.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 9, 2014

Many teachers welcome the idea of bringing new technology into the classroom. In mathematics, I have seen interactive whiteboards used very effectively to teach number bonds and floor robots can be used successfully to teach geometry and algorithms. Sometimes, the technology does get in the way of learning and teaching.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 27, 2020

Photo source: Pexels Social distancing. The pandemic has compelled educators to teach at a distance in many instances, and the scramble to find solutions has been frenetic. I wrote a post called Pandemic Pedagogy about some of the first resources that had been created during the early days of the pandemic. Stay at home.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 4, 2018

Photo by David Goehring on Flickr In my last post, entitled Cinderella Technology , I wrote about the tremendous potential of interactive whiteboards (IWBs) and highlighted some of the reasons why it often fails to be realised in school classrooms. They have been around for a long time, but IWBs seem to have polarised teachers.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 1, 2014

Using technology in the classroom and integrating technology for learning are two different things. Clearly, many schools and many educators struggle with this, and end up teaching using technology as an afterthought. Technology is not a substitute for good teaching. education learning pedagogy strategy Technology'

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MARCH 7, 2014

Photo courtesy of Visual Maintenance. Four years ago while sitting at home over Christmas break, I got to thinking about the senior research and writing class that I always teach in the spring semester. Certainly (I hoped) I should be able to teach them how to research and write while teaching them something greater.

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Kadenze

APRIL 20, 2020

Photo by Leith Alexander, courtesy of Big hART. Who can teach? Photo by Leith Alexander, courtesy of Big hART. Utilising positive narratives, and the interactive NEO-Learning website, Aboriginal young people become teachers and collaborators with non-Aboriginal students in classrooms across the country. LEARN MORE.

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Learning with e's

MAY 5, 2017

They have to write a 5000 word essay (their final one before they leave the university to take up their first jobs in primary teaching), and they have to try to come up with an answer. Over 150 of my third year education students are grappling with this conundrum as I write. It's a tough assignment. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

In my last post I discussed Daniel S Christian''s three trends of an emerging pedagogy. I speculated on whether a new social divide might also emerge as a result of the new pedagogy he outlines. Christian argues that much of the change we are currently witnessing in teaching methods is driven by new technologies.

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Learning with e's

JULY 15, 2014

I was interviewed by Shelly Terrell about my work, my teaching philosophy, and yes. It takes a number of forms, including language use, acceptable behaviour, approaches to learning, power structures and the inevitable age differential, but the most visible gap is around the perception of how technology can be used in the classroom.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 8, 2020

Photo by Helloquence on unsplash This is the first post in a new series about School Management Information Systems. There will be more on this in the next post in this series where we explore student summary pages on Integris, and the benefits for teaching and learning. This article focuses on the latter. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

Photo from PxHere In ancient mythology, Cupid is the 'god of love'. Anyway, teaching can be a bit like cupid's bow. Success or failure often depends on the level of passion we invest in our pedagogy and the belief we have in education. More accurately, he's the god of desire, attraction and lust. I wonder if I stand a chance?'

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Learning with e's

MARCH 29, 2020

Photo source: Lyncconf Games on Flickr The rapid spread of the Coronavirus and the subsequent social lock-downs by many governments has meant that technology has been thrust to the forefront in many of our daily human activities. Well, now many have no access to their classrooms, and their students are at home.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 7, 2017

A recent tweet by Jason Elsom made me sit up and take notice: 'We need to stop designing schools for teaching and start designing schools for learning.' We can either place an emphasis on teaching or we can privilege learning as the most important facet of education. Photo from Wikimedia Commons Learning by design?

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

But new wine must be put into new wineskins; and both are preserved. " (Luke 5:37-38) The above passage relates to Jesus Christ and his teaching to his disciples. Today we are facing this challenge in education, across all the sectors of learning and teaching. and there will also be winners and losers. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

It''s the huge potential and great possibilities to move learning beyond the traditional walls of the classroom. As the movement grows, and more teachers become technologically savvy, so we will begin to witness the emergence of new pedagogies and powerful approaches to learning and teaching. Unported License. Unported License.

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Technology Enhanced Learning Blog

MAY 18, 2021

Don’t fixate on how to teach, we should be fixated on the impact of the teaching. Technology: loss of community exposed in Zoom, what is the role of technology and pedagogy? – What about coming back to the classroom, what to retain from pandemic teaching? ?- – 95% of what we do to enhances student engagement.

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Learning with e's

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

Photo by Sergey Zolkin on unsplash Many educators are now investigating how online technologies can improve, extend or enrich teaching and learning experiences. We now need to think about learning environments rather than simply 'classrooms'. We now need to think about learning environments rather than simply 'classrooms'.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

Many of the best selling video games have been appropriated for classroom learning, including Guitar Hero (used to teach a number of curriculum subjects, not just music), Sim City (Maths), World of Warcraft (Literature) and Grand Theft Auto (remarkably, used to teach citizenship). Unported License.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 20, 2013

Mostly it is integrated into classrooms, but it is largely left out of most curricula. Such approaches to pedagogy were rooted in the behaviourist model of psychology that privileged expert knowledge and formalised its transmission to novices. The old modes of teaching are outmoded. New modes will, and are replacing them.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 13, 2017

The use of it in the eXSpace, if I am to be critical, may not necessarily prepare my student teachers for the classrooms they will be entering on placement, mainly because most schools won't have the 7000 series yet. Simply being exposed to the use of new technologies may promote some innovative thinking about alternative pedagogies.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 12, 2016

4) One of the most powerful methods of learning (and associated pedagogy) is to incorporate social media into mobile phone use. 5) Pedagogy supporting mobile learning is generally mixed and/or blended for many, with resources available inside classrooms, but also beyond the classroom, downloadable from a variety of platforms and providers.

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Learning with e's

JANUARY 30, 2015

Technology in itself is not enough to solve all of the problems inherent in education, but in concert with new pedagogies, visionary educators, and strong leadership, change can, and does happen. I wrote a post last year that argued for pedagogy to remain uppermost in our minds. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Photo by Andras Vas on unsplash Previous posts in this series have highlighted the importance of human intelligence and emotion in education. It will not replace good teaching, but will improve the ability of teachers to create and curate resources, and will have an impact on the learning environments they operate within.

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Learning with e's

JUNE 28, 2013

Plymouth University''s Immersive Vision Theatre Traditionally, classrooms have been rectangular. Situating learning in rectangular spaces naturally promotes some forms of pedagogy at the expense of others. Situating learning in rectangular spaces naturally promotes some forms of pedagogy at the expense of others.

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Experiencing eLearning

APRIL 15, 2009

Started with a study of their students–how students were communicating outside the classroom. Personality Pedagogy. co-taught with a 92-year-old prof who was teaching his first online course. Image: ‘ WikiWiki Means Fast ‘ www.flickr.com/photos/95601478@N00/232142019. 100% used email. Social gaming (e.g.,

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Learning with e's

MAY 13, 2015

But what about the teaching profession? Is there an emerging 3D pedagogy ? but until that time, how will the 3D printer fare in the standard school classroom? Slow learning has some merits and is growing into a significant aspect of pedagogy. Photo by Jonathan Juursema on Wikimedia Commons When will my prints appear?

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

They are forced to teach to the test , which detracts from good pedagogy and also leads to higher stress and anxiety levels, not only for the teachers themselves, but also for many of their students. The side effects of over-testing are that children become victims of the scramble to be best in the league tables. Unported License.

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Learning with e's

MAY 2, 2019

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. The first time I saw video being used in a classroom was in 1973. We recorded micro-teaches - usually a 10 minute lesson - and then played back the footage to the students so they could see and hear themselves and learn from the experience.

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Learning with e's

MARCH 20, 2014

tools or user generated content tools are very exciting and I think promise to greatly enhance distance teaching and learning. Second,to follow from Marshall McLuhan the Medium is the Pedagogy (first coined by Cousin (2005). However, I also realize that “teaching presence” can be very valuable and in some cases may be indispensable.

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Learning with e's

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

I also promised to blog about some of the alternatives when it comes to teaching very large groups, and here it is. One of the first things to understand about teaching large groups is that they are made up of many individuals who are all just as anxious as each other to do well in their studies. Photo by Steve Wheeler.or

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Learning with e's

AUGUST 10, 2013

Recollections of bad experiences like being bullied or pranked tend to linger longer in our minds than much of what we learnt in the classroom, it suggests. Personally, I can also recall some of the bad teaching experiences quite vividly. Looking back, I can also recall some of the poor pedagogy that we were subjected to.

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Learning with e's

FEBRUARY 13, 2015

The methods we use to try to align school and university teaching with the demands of contemporary society will shape the extent to which we succeed. Some advocate the flipped learning approach and to a certain extent, the transfer of content delivery from the classroom to the home (or elsewhere) makes a lot of sense.

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Learning with e's

APRIL 28, 2012

Here is my interpretation of some of his ideas, drawn from his most celebrated book 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', and presented in six key points as they might apply to the art of educational blogging. And yet that is what happens in many classrooms across the world every day, because that is often how teachers are trained.

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