It’s about transformation
[google-translator] DOWNLOAD THE LATEST VERSION: V4 published Mar 2015. This PDF Poster has links to 122 of the latest and most popular educational apps. Now these resources are available in 19 different languages. The poster also has app selection criteria according to Blooms taxonomy. It could provide the backbone of a complete course or seminar […]
Do it then teach it
[google-translator]The more I share with Ken Spero about immersive learning and building e-simulations, the more I am convinced that the creative hard work end of building these powerful learning objects happens before anyone starts using any sort of software. This is the second of three podcast episodes we are doing to lay the pedagogical foundations […]
Articulate Storyline is An Ecosystem
[google-translator]I have been instrumental over the last 4 years in introducing many of the teaching faculty at the University of Adelaide to Articulate Studio Pro. It is three software tools that used together can create rapid access elearning. I called their output Interactive Learning Modules or ILM’s. When in May 2012 Articulate released a new […]
Simulations … the New Instructional Design
As a kid, my ultimate Christmas present was a Davy Crockett coonskin hat, the ones with the tails, remember? 🙂 At the end of 2012 when I leant about a conference being held in a hotel across the road from the Alamo in Texas I have to confess I thought it was the coolest location […]
Immersive Learning … a Nine-Year Journey
[google-translator] “Learning (and teaching, such as it is) is not a process of communication, but rather, a process of immersion. Put loosely, it suggests the idea of teaching not by telling or even demonstrating but rather through the creation (or identification) of an environment into which a learner is immersed”. Stephen Downes (July 1 2006) […]
Employable Capabilities
[google-translator]I was suffering from a bad virus and struggling to stay focused at day two of the University Learning & Teaching Festival in Nov 2012, I was not expecting what happened next. Professor Geoff Scott was introduced as a keynote presenter. He is very interesting to listen to and his presentation was engaging. However it […]
Motivation and Retention Online
This short podcast episode is the second with Curt Bonk when he was visiting Adelaide in November 2012. I asked what was the next contribution to online learning and teaching we could expect from him. Curt describes the new online resource and book he an a colleague in NZ are about to release. It is about […]
MOOCs – good teaching makes the difference!
There’s good MOOCs and there’s, well … good teaching makes the difference! Prof Curt Bonk is in high demand around the world as a keynote speaker and someone who can shake up the status quo and engage academics and encourage them to seek excellence in practice. During November 2012 he was invited to Adelaide […]
Course design … it’s flipping different!
In the previous episode of our podcast, Linda’s final challenge of “How does technology enhance learning?” set off a chain reaction in thinking. It went something like this: OK what are we trying to enhance? We are talking about learning within the framework of an experience or course. What sort of course? We are calling […]
National Citations for Teaching Passion!
National Citations for Passion … It doesn’t get much better than that! “On behalf of the Office for Learning and Teaching (OLT) I am pleased to advise that your nomination for a 2012 Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning has been successful” that opening line of an email made my week .. actually it made […]