What are learning technologies?
‘Learning technologies’ refer to any technology that can be used to help with teaching and learning and/or the learning experience.
Grabbing Photo Opportunities
Although I have plenty of nice images of my children’s friends from when they come to play, it’s not often there’s an opportunity to do a bit of a photoshoot and some posing, albeit however briefly (it’s their playtime after all!). So it was great to get these moments in. The fun bit was only …
Play photography
... a bit more than just snaps. I've been working with young people for a fair while longer than I've actually been practising photography (and that's more years than I care to remember) - and it is always great when friends' children come over to play. Sometimes I get a chance to capture some great …
Apps for Homeschool help
For future readers, this is being written in the middle of the COVID pandemic. However, this still has a lot of relevance for anybody who is involved with distance and online learning at anytime, not just if like me you are stuck at home helping (or trying to) help your children with work that the …
Online teaching MOOC
The UCL Institute of Education has a free course on Blended and Online Learning Design that will appeal to anybody at any level of education from Primary to Higher Education. This MOOC* is available from Monday 11 January delivered on FutureLearn. https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/blended-and-online-learning-design Duration: 3 weeksWeekly study: 3 hours * MOOC – Massive Open Online Course
Keller Plan
The Keller Plan was a model of Higher Education instruction devised by Fred Keller (1968) and later the Personalised System of Instruction (PSI) (Sherman et al, 1978; Sherman et al 1982). It had many of the hallmarks of self-regulated learning with the key features being: Go-at-your-own-pace Students could proceed at their own pace according to …
Schools before their time: Self Regulated Learning and the Dalton Plan
Self-regulated learning (SRL) is effectively how you go about learning something, in your own way, in your own time and ideally what subjects you learn. It’s also very individual, some will prefer one-way others another and this may change depending on the topic and material at hand or any other factor that could influence your …
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The Dalton Plan
The Dalton Plan is an organisational framework/educational model developed by Helen Parkhurst at the turn of the 20th century that supports self-regulated learning in schools. It had the objectives of enhancing student’s social skills and sense of responsibility towards others, promoting independence and dependability and tailoring teaching programs to each student’s individual needs, interests and …
The curious case of St Trinians
This is where I show my age. Okay, I’m not that old, but do you remember the fabulous St Trinians films? The Belles of St Trinians, Blue Murder at St Trinians, The Pure Hell of St Trinians and the Great St Trinians Train Robbery. Basically all about adventures involving a boarding school for girls where …
All things bright and beautiful…
... and so totally weird! I love nature and have always had an interest in plants (I still have my Junior Royal Horticultural Society membership cards from when they existed!). Carnivorous plants in particular fascinate me. The way they have evolved to catch insects, the different forms and mechanisms for doing so. And when you …