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Ian Gabrielson

ExpEd in Practice - 0 views

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experiential learning placed based learning Service Learning

shared by Ian Gabrielson on 11 Feb 16 - No Cached
  • Real world, native speaker experience. Peer to peer learning. Appropriate levels of difficulty/ challenge.
  • eal world, native speaker experience. Peer to peer learning. Appropriate levels of difficulty/ challenge.
  • Ideally any local guides should be experienced at using simple student-appropriate language and pre-teaching of activity-specific vocabulary is essential
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  • Combining points 2 and 3 strongly suggests that groups should be organised according to ability.
  • Combining points 2 and 3 strongly suggests that groups should be organised according to ability
  • students will be getting all their social and emotional learning and their language learning simultaneously
  • setting open language tasks such as presentations will allow any student to express themselves at whatever language level they are comfortable with
  • It successfully combines language emersion with traditional outdoor activities designed to promote personal growth, team work, and improved communication skills.
  • Improved efficacy at communicating for and with non-native speakers (of any language). An improved inter-cultural (behavioural) understanding.
Tim Pettine

Lowes's Vine profile & videos: The world's favorite home improvement r.. - Seenive - 2 views

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vine lowes home improvement

shared by Tim Pettine on 04 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Tim Pettine on 04 Dec 13
     
    These are excellent examples of how the world is using technology to share knowledge and information. 'Hacks' are quite poular now.
Tim Pettine

Why visuals are a must-try learning tool - Daily Genius - 2 views

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visualliteracy technology infographic

shared by Tim Pettine on 25 Aug 14 - No Cached
  • Tim Pettine on 25 Aug 14
     
    "90% of information transmitted to the brain is visual The brain can process 36,000 visual cues in an hour The brain takes about 1/10th of a second to get the idea of a visual scene Almost 50% of your brain is involved in visual processing Black and white images garner your attention for about 2/3 of a second Color images garner your attention for 2+ seconds The average consumer's attention span is only about 8 seconds The brain processes visual cues 60,000 times faster than text 40% of nerve fibers are linked to the retina The use of visuals improves learning outcomes by about 400% DO-S AND DON'T-S FOR VISUAL USE DO Use visuals to help clarify complex ideas Use visuals that represent people, places, and things Use catchy visuals Use visuals that help viewers make connections and understand new information Use visuals that help viewers relate new information to what they already know DON'T Use poor quality visuals, like things that are pixelated, stretched weird, sized improperly, or don't fit in the space Use ugly visuals Use visuals that don't make a clear connection to the material presented Use irrelevant visuals, like a series of shapes that have no meaning Use copyrighted visuals without permission!"
Ivan Beeckmans

Digital literacy can boost employability and improve student experience | Higher Educat... - 0 views

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shared by Ivan Beeckmans on 14 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • increasingly digital literacy is vital for learning itself.
  • It goes beyond IT skills, a complete culture change is required to live fully within the modern digital society, from understanding how to communicate ideas effectively in a range of media to managing digital reputation and history.
  • it's easy to overstate the digital competence of today's undergraduate students and even postgraduate researchers.
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  • Most learners use only basic functionality and are reluctant to explore the capabilities of technology, preferring to passively consume content rather than create or curate it.
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