Remove Learning Space Remove License Remove Photo Remove Roles
article thumbnail

Active learning spaces

Learning with e's

Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. The boundaries of informal and formal spaces have blurred significantly, as have the boundaries between the real and the virtual. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful.

article thumbnail

More fabulous learning spaces

Learning with e's

It's often the simple things that improve the learning environment, and as Stephen Heppell says, better school toilets = better results. Last year I wrote about some fabulous learning spaces I had seen while visiting schools in New Zealand. Unported License. Unported License.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The survival of higher education (1): Changing roles

Learning with e's

Such change and disruption has been in the background of my thinking about learning technology for the past decade. In May 2000, I was invited to present two keynote speeches about the role technology would play in the future of higher education. It is not only the role of the teacher that has changed. Unported License.

Roles 88
article thumbnail

Freedom to imagine

Learning with e's

Today, technology, particularly technology that is personal and portable, can provide similar forms of scaffolding for learning. Increasingly, teachers are adopting roles as support for learning, and as facilitators of learning spaces. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e''s.

Camera 90
article thumbnail

Video for learning: Today and tomorrow

Learning with e's

Photo by Vladimer Shioshvili on Flickr Educators have been using video for decades. Alternative modes Today, education has expanded beyond traditional learning spaces into distance education , blended learning, flipped classrooms , mobile learning, and online delivery through technologies such as MOOCs ( Massive Open Online Courses ).

Video 74
article thumbnail

How do schools innovate?

Learning with e's

Some of the schools on the list are considered innovative because of the way they use their learning spaces, whilst others are vaunted because of their progressive pedagogical approaches. Learning by making and doing is high on the agenda, and connections are made between the process of learning and what is actually learnt.

article thumbnail

Teacher Voices: Lloyd Chilcott

Learning with e's

Mr Yeomans unfortunately left the University during my degree, leaving Steve Wheeler to run the show, but I am still extremely appreciative for his role in my life and the good that he did. Unported License. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. 2) What is the best thing about being a teacher in a primary school?

Voice 75