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November 15, 2008
Emerging Tools and Main stream practice
November 15, 2008
I have been wandering around with a post in my head for the past few weeks. Each time I attempted to put it to text I would drift across something else that I needed to make sense of, to integrate, and to rationalise. I gave in and looked for other distractions. I developed an enthusiasm for social software ...
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October 19, 2008
It is what the learner does in their Personal Learning Environment that is important.
October 19, 2008
I feel the need, prompted by Cristina’s Post, www.tinyurl.com/5flo7d to over-cook the PLE thinking a bit more! I distilled, from an earlier attempt at summarising the PLE discussions that I had followed , www.tinyurl.com/57eugd that it is what the learner ‘does’ in their Personal Learning Environment that really determines what they will learn. What they do in the ...
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October 17, 2008
Are we over-cooking the Personal Learning Environment
October 17, 2008
I started to think about how I will often write something up, then edit, re-edit and re-edit it until I have word processed the meaning out of the message that I set off to present. By overcooking, I often loose the message. I listened to a radio programme that discussed the problem created by all of the space ...
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October 13, 2008
Social Distractions – their role in learning environments
October 13, 2008
Learning is a personal process, personal to individual learners whatever their age or stage of development. When learners work in classrooms, in groups or on-line they will encounter and have to deal with distractions provided by others. They will need to develop strategies that will enable them to manage the distractions. They will need to be able to recognise ...
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October 10, 2008
To Blog or micro Blog, that is the query
October 10, 2008
I have watched and contributed to, Twitter now for something like six months. I admit that I have got a bit addicted. I have developed a ‘habit’ of checking Twitter when ever I read my email. I do not use it on mobile devices; apart from my phone I have none! I only watch/follow about 50 people, to follow ...
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October 08, 2008
Engineering the Space for learning
October 08, 2008
The more I think about learning the more I get drawn to the idea that there is a need for space; space to allow the learner to focus and concentrate; space that allows them to develop their independent learning skills; space and freedom to be creative; space and time to collaborate and work with others. Simply the space to ...
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October 05, 2008
Finding space for learning in a busy environment
October 05, 2008
A quiet rainy day; no internet connectivity; no internet distractions - an opportunity for some reflection; an opportunity for some learning to take place. I sat back and waited for it to happen.Well, I began to think about ‘busyness’ and how too many demands/activities /stimuli can affect learning. In a classroom environment with a high degree of structure or ...
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September 28, 2008
Recursion, reflecting on reflections
September 28, 2008
Recursion does not come by me very often, and then three examples present themselves in as many weeks. An Examination board that asks teachers to assess portfolio work against given criteria; then asks for predicted grades for each student. If the predictions, nationally, are lower that the actual grades based on the assessment against criteria, the grades are adjusted downwards. While ...
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August 28, 2008
Process, Process, Process
August 28, 2008
Over the years I have come across many Trainers using the “Product is not really important, it is the process that is” Mantra. I have found myself using the same mantra as I attempt to spread the good word about the ePortfolio process. I began to reflect on my learning journey through course developments, assessment evolution, skills teaching ...
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April 30, 2008
A Free ePortfolio course
April 30, 2008
I am using the MOSEP Tutorials to design a one-day introductory course for teachers new to the ePortfolio Process. The idea is that the course could either provide the structure and resources for ‘one day’, face to face delivery, or be an online course that teachers could work through independently. I am currently working on the course at ...
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