Adult Learning – How can I change the status quo?
This is an extract from my book, The seven year education itch (available on iTunes, Amazon and Kobo). When I first started facilitating, I was given guidance and helpful tips from other colleagues that had been facilitating for a very long time. A common theme was they were very set in their ways of how […]
I’ll be presenting at Moodle Moot 2016
Just a quick one to let you all know that I’ll be presenting at this years Moodle Moot Conference in Perth, Western Australia from September 27th-29th. The first Moodle Moot I’ve presented at! I’ll be doing my presentation on the plugin we developed for Understanding Student behaviour in Moodle. This is based on Student Analytics plugin. You […]
What Adult Learners really do when they start studying – a first hand observation
I wanted a to share with you an event that I witnessed about 18 months ago and the impact it had on me. My partner decided that she would like to do a Diploma of Business via distance learning. As it turned out, she decided she wanted to complete the Diploma with the Registered Training […]
How To Get Past Gatekeepers And Help Get Your eLearning Project Over The Line
It’s difficult to effect change without support, but how do you get the support? Here are 8 concepts to help get past gatekeepers and get your eLearning project over the line. So you have all these awesome ideas on how you can engage students and how you can use technology to improve the way students […]
Create a lightboard on a budget
I came across this post by edtechenthusiast and wanted to share. This is a project that I’ll be following up with! Have a look at: https://edtechenthusiast.wordpress.com/2016/08/04/how-to-build-a-lightboard-on-a-budget/?platform=hootsuite
Understanding Student behaviour in your LMS
Recently I’ve completed heading up a project with ACTE that allows tutors / trainers to be able view up to 12 weeks of their students learning analytics, all from within the LMS. Analytics for monitoring student behaviour in a Learning Management System (LMS) is generally reserved for management and academic teams to base decisions on. […]
Engaging Adult Learners – Distance Education
Having worked in vocational education for a number of years now, distance education is becoming more popular by the day. When we look at why distance education has become so popular, it could be any number of reasons. There is the convenience of having everything there for you when you want or need it. Being […]
The Modern Learner
I came across this inforgraph recently and wanted to share as it covers well what today’s learners look like. Meet the Modern Learner – source http://vignetteagency.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/meet_the_modern_learner.jpg
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Multi-device challenges
I found this infographic at http://www.logicearth.com/elearningformultidevice/ and wanted to share. As an Educational technologist, it’s stats like this that help us develop better more engaging content.