Why build a Personal Learning Network?
‘Inside the Black Box’ was written by Black and William in 1998 and in it they describe the classroom as a black box with inputs and outputs but what occurred inside was a mystery.
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Top 6 Benefits Of Gamification In eLearning
Top 6 Benefits Of Gamification In eLearning
Gamification in eLearning helps create an effective learning system that enables learners to rehearse real-life scenarios and challenges in a safe environment. In this article, I will walk you through some of the benefits of Gamification for learners and how the experience of learning (recall and retention) can be enhanced through Gamification.
Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning: Five Ideas to Consider
Technology Integration, 1 to 1, and Student Centered Learning: Five Ideas to Consider
Welcome to this first in a series of posts devoted to student centered learning in the technology enhanced classroom. This classroom might be 1 to 1, or might be using technology to leverage student centered learning. I have five powerful ideas on facilitating student centered learning with technology in this post.
What are the 10 Most Critical Issues in Education Today?
The 10 Most Critical Issues in Education Today
Note: Due to the overwhelming interest in this article, this was the seed for a forthcoming book, What Really Matters?: Critical Issues in Contemporary Education, with a dedicated chapter on each of the items listsed below. Check the books page on this blog for information about the book release.
What the Heck is Project-Based Learning?
What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning?
You know the hardest thing about teaching with project-based learning? Explaining it to someone. It seems to me that whenever I asked someone the definition of PBL, the description was always so complicated that my eyes would begin to glaze over immediately.
The Paradigm Shift: Redefining Education
Redefining education | Deloitte Australia | Digital technology, Public Sector, Government
Our latest piece of Thought Leadership, The paradigm shift: Redefining education, looks at how our existing education models are becoming increasingly irrelevant and suggests that there is a mismatch between the perceived purpose and role of education, and the demands of the modern worker. Traditional ways of acquiring an education are being disrupted.
Who Actually Started Online Education
Who Actually Started Online Education?
While we tend to think of online education as a phenomenon welded largely to the past decade, in reality its history extends significantly further back than that. Think “before the Internet was even a thing that existed.”
Education Technology Makes The Most Impact In The Least Recognized Places
Education Technology Makes The Most Impact In The Least Recognized Places
People often ask me for specific examples of how technology is impacting global education. I suspect they are looking for super glossy examples of futuristic classrooms. They hope I’ll describe some design innovation or a revolutionary adaptive algorithmic trick. They expect video games, virtual reality, and robotics. But things often […]