Pedagogy

changing the nature of learning

"10 Signs You Really Are a 21st Century Teacher (And Might Not Know It)"

"Awe might seem like just another three-letter word, but it is so much more.  A recent New York Times article detailed how humans can get goose bumps when we experience awe, that often-positive feeling of being in the presence of something vast that transcends our understanding of the world. It is a catalyst that can motivate people to do more good. The article also highlighted the research of Paul Piff and Dacher Keltner who found that awe helps bind us to others, motivating us to act in collaborative ways that enable strong groups and cohesive communities."

"Revisiting The Differentiated Classroom: Looking Back and Ahead with Carol Ann Tomlinson"

Differentiation

"Learning Management Systems (LMS) are walled gardens. They provide substantial control over the environment in which learning activities take place, and at first glance this appears to be a good thing. For this reason they are often relatively appealing to faculty members beginning to make the transition from fully traditional classroom instruction. The level of control is familiar… but it is also misleading when taken in the context of the full learning process (see "Hack the LMS: Getting Progressive" for more on this)."

"Now a study in Personality and Individual Differences has added to this picture by showing that students who believe they have "free will" in the philosophical sense (they agree with statements like "I have free will" and "I am in charge of my actions even when my life's circumstances are difficult") tend to do better academically. The result suggests that it's not just people's beliefs about the nature of ability that influences their scholarly performance, but also their more fundamental beliefs about the limits of human choice and volition."

"JE: But you're not saying that technology is a bad thing, to have it there is a good thing, isn't it? AS: Well, absolutely. I think technology is there to stay. Technology has huge potential to transform, to fundamentally transform, learning processes. You know it can create a much more open pedagogical environment, it can connect the home environment and the school environment, it can give students access to the most advanced knowledge, anywhere, anytime, rather than giving them a textbook that was printed last year and maybe designed five years ago.  So, there's huge potential for technology to transform learning, but what our report clearly shows is that's not what's happening today."

"A Comprehensive Framework For Student Motivation"

"Teaching Methods: Inquiry with Kath Murdoch"

"Knewton's adaptive technology continuously personalizes online learning content for each individual student."

"Learning analytics is the "measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of data about learners and their contexts, for purposes of understanding and optimising learning and the environments in which it occurs," according to the 1st International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge.1 The NMC Horizon Report: 2012 Higher Education Edition notes that this promising set of practices and tools aims to "harness the power of advances in data mining, interpretation, and modeling to improve understandings of teaching and learning, and to tailor education to individual students more effectively."2 Finally, George Siemens and Phil Long have even proposed that learning analytics should ultimately be focused on disruption and transformation in education, changing the very nature of teaching, learning, and assessment as we know it.3"

"Characteristics of Constructivist Learning & Teaching"

"Parents of older children face similar challenges - for instance, whether it's acceptable for their teen to text at the dinner table, or whether it's tolerable for a teen to peer at his laptop when someone is trying to address him. Essentially, we wonder, just how much technology should be allowed in our lives and those of our kids?"

"The Flip: Why I Love It, How I Use It"

The Flipped Class: Myth vs. Reality