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John Hattie, the author of the much quoted Visible Learning was recently appointed by the Federal Government to the Chairmanship of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.  In …

John Hattie, the author of the much quoted Visible Learning was recently appointed by the Federal Government to the Chairmanship of the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership.  In …

three linked sites aimed at teacher trainees and those new to teaching.

three linked sites aimed at teacher trainees and those new to teaching.

Great post on the importance of evidence based practice. I particularly like this section (toward the end of the post) "By taking our cues from cognitive science and honing through trial and error in the classroom we can probably refine the best ways to explain difficult concepts and model how to complete challenging tasks. What we should aim for is a repertoire of 'best ways' so that if students struggle to grasp a concept when taught in one way, we'll have some tried and tested alternatives to fall back on."

Go on, ask yourself, ask other teachers, ask some students: what is learning? It’s a pretty big question isn’t it? One that I might have felt hopelessly unequal to answering before reading Graham Nuthall‘s The Hidden Lives of Learners. This book draws together one of the most impressive attempts to find out what goes on

An interesting take on learning objectives/outcomes/intentions. As this is a blog post, take a look at the author & how valid you think their argument is. Learning outcomes, as we've been describing them, as certainly behaviourist in nature - to what extent to you agree with the critique in this blog post?

some great suggestions for how word clouds can be used in the classroom

some great suggestions for how word clouds can be used in the classroom

Training for e-learning to support Functional Skills

#TDReflex14 - Week One Finding a Voice (April 28 - May 4) Welcome to week one of our 'uncourse', Teach Different - The Reflexion Programme 2014 (known on-line as #TDReflex14). Here's Lou saying hello on a screencast. What's it all about? At this point you might be wondering what on earth an 'uncourse' is, and how you will engage with it! The idea is that the community is the curriculum. The primary goal, rather than being about a particular topic, is to participate with people in our field. You'll need to forget all those traditional 'teachery' ideas about learning outcomes, start and finish times, progression routes, assessment - just find a space that you are comfortable with, and join in! It is all based around the concept of rhizomatic learning - as defined here:

I wrote a post a couple of years ago about learning and performance, inspired by David Didau’s own blog and a workshop I attended that really opened my eyes. This blog post was removed after …

I wrote a post a couple of years ago about learning and performance, inspired by David Didau’s own blog and a workshop I attended that really opened my eyes. This blog post was removed after …

There are some nice, short videos here on different theories on teaching and learning. This links to the one on Hattie's effect sizes

A variety of links and resources around the flipped classroom

A variety of links and resources around the flipped classroom

there are a lot of links here that i need to follow up, and consider how some of these themes can be shared with teh HE tutors.

there are a lot of links here that i need to follow up, and consider how some of these themes can be shared with teh HE tutors.

Sent to the year 1 Yammer page as an introduction

Sent to the year 1 Yammer page as an introduction

a free online journal written for and by practitioners in lifelong learning

some nice practical techniques - based on research

A huge amount of resouces and links to tech that you can use to Flip your classroom

A nice overview of Bloom - a bit of history to his taxonomies & how it can be used for writing outcomes and questions. Would definitely recommend a skim read through this.

How to write good multiple choice questions