#Change11 Using game and technology in teaching and learning. In this video, Sue Cranmer, Principal Researcher at Futurelab and Pedagogy 3.0 Consortium Leader, explores ways for educators to foster a deeper understanding of complex scientific concepts. She discusses game development as a learning strategy, as well as opportunities to bridge the gap between technology use at home and in school. If I were to teach a topic about arts, science, engineering, or logistics, surely the production of video would help in translating the concepts that I intend to introduce, through a story or an artifact.
There are few questions that spring into mind: 1. What skills and literacy are needed to produce such videos, games, or artifacts? 2. What resources or technology are required for those projects? 3. I am still new to the production of online games, so more hands-on practice is necessary. In Designing Sims, there are 5 phases listed. At the highest level, the Phases are: 1. These sound useful steps in guiding through the use of online games in online courses. December | 2011. This is Part 2 of A story for you I have re-posted Part 1 below: What is my story?
I wasn’t as lucky as Joe, but I know that I could make up one fairy tale story, rather than a real one. However, I have been offered voluntary redundancy once, so I understand how it feels, to lose one’s job. Here is The situation: Wonderland-in Blogoland One Monday evening the following conversation took place over a virtual chat room: Paul: I don’t feel that I’m really a competent educator.
Educator: (Interrupted) You don’t feel competent? Paul: As I was going to say, sometimes I feel intimidated by my friend and… Educator: You feel intimated? Paul: I am trying to explain this to you – (Paul RAISED his VOICE) it’s because my hands and feet are tied… Educator: Your hands and feet are tied? Paul: I don’t think so. Educator: (Interrupted…) You felt angry, betrayed, and would obviously have reprimanded him.
Paul: No, actually, I felt disappointed in myself; I was hurt and embarrassed. Educator: Oh! Analysis: 1. RoxannNys / SmartPhones in the Classroom. Smartphones in the classroom? Yes, there are many educational applications! The cell phone industry is making a BIG pitch for using smartphones in the classroom. And, of course, there are a variety of opinions out there about using and not using them. My personal opinion--Why not? They are amazing tools, not toys, and so many kids are already carrying them around on a daily basis. How do we move away from this? Cell Phone Policies Many area districts are moving toward loosening up policies regarding cell phone use in schools, allowing students to use them during free time (lunch) and giving teachers the option to design their curriculum around the use of mobile devices.
Here are a few resources that may be helpful as your district considers policy: Need the 411 on text speak? How many of these often used text abbreviations do you know? Idk fb me brb 10Q imo <33 ta imjk or j/k ur r lolwb sup ty ta or tawzzz cul8r sms 182 Digital Life: Understanding Text Message Shortcuts-Cliffs Notes (free) 10 Major Mobile Learning Trends to Watch For. Образование в Восточной Европе: как студенты используют современные информационные технологии. The Future of Learning & Technology. MOOC – A solution to Higher Education and Future Learning. Is MOOC the solution to future learning, especially online education and learning in Higher Education? Our past experience with MOOC has interesting results. There are huge potential in its use, though there are still lots of challenges as I would like to share “our views” and experiences below: There has been a few rounds of MOOC conversation and lots of unanswered questions, relating especially to Stephen’s response to David Wiley’s response on knowledge transfer.
I think this depends on what sort of knowledge that we are referring to. Is learning related to the transfer, transmission or replication of information or knowledge in MOOC? This has been an interesting debate in previous CCKs and there is still no absolute answer to this. So, there are differences in views and understanding of the concept of knowledge and learning within a complex learning environment (epistemology and ontology), amongst academics, scholars, researchers, educators and learners. Like this: Like Loading... 5 Big Trends for Education in 2012-13.
ABC – The 21st Century Learning Model. For those that know me, I started out my career many moons ago as a K-12 educator. For some of you, I’m sure you’re thinking, “what a lunatic”. I only lasted three years but I look back on those years, nevertheless, with the fondest of memories. Truth be told though, I didn’t last because I was in the minority. As a 25 year-old trying to uproot the education system to become more collaborative, more open, more connected, I was leery of falling into the ambivalence pit of staffroom rhetoric.
And that’s bringing an ear-to-ear smile to this follicly challenged head. Access (A) Michelangelo was quoted as saying, “Ancora Imparo”, or if you’re not fluent in Italian, “I am still learning”. Devices (laptops, tablets, flipcams, media centers, etc.) Access is redesigning the learning experience from one stuck in the 19th century of a single schoolroom model to one that runs parallel with the way in which society has evolved. Behaviour (B) Let’s face it, there are several divides at play here. Moving Toward 2020: The Learning Decade. Four hundred years ago, British philosopher Francis Bacon declared that "Knowledge is Power. " And, until recently, many corporate leaders would have wholeheartedly agreed with him.
But, today, as we struggle to cope with an uncertain economy, complex globalization, and unprecedented technological transformation, executives on just about every continent increasingly believe that "Knowledge is Survival. " Companies around the world responded to the Great Recession by cutting and controlling costs to reap new efficiencies.
The next challenge is growing the global economy; and corporate and government leaders now realize that learning-driven innovation is the most promising way to generate much-needed top-line revenue and the jobs that result. Indeed, learning has gained new prominence as a critical lever for performance. Achieving prosperity in "The Learning Decade" will present companies with many challenges. The future of education will be open and distributed. Distributed Learning – Any learning that allows instructor, students, and content to be located in different locations so that instruction and learning occur independent of time and place; often used synonymously with the term “Distance learning”. (Source) Previously I’ve said, Let’s take a ‘T.R.I.P. into the Future’ looking at some changes that are shifting learning in a way not possible just a few years ago.
Here are 4 trends that education is moving towards: Greater Transparency, greater Responsibility, greater Individualization and greater Permanence. Now I’ll add to that ‘Open and Distributed’… but what I’m ultimately talking about is greater Individualization with greater Responsibility on both schools and students. Within 5 years, every student from Grade 6 or 7 right up to Grade 12 will be involved in some level of distributed learning. I’m also not just talking about Distributed Learning but, more specifically… Blended learning is what will define good schools in the future. Mobile and Informal Learning: Trends for 2012.
Мобильное и неформальное обучение: тренды 2012. Josh Bersin выложил в сети презентацию своего доклада на конференции HR Technology Conference (октябрь 2011) Мобильное и неформальное обучение: тренды 2012 Josh Bersin один из самых известных специалистов в сфере обучения и развития и управления талантами. Часть его текстов есть у нас в блогах, смотрите, например, в тему данных слайдов посты Скорость как ключевой элемент корпоративной системы обучения "В современной бизнес-среде из парадигмы «что теперь» мы выросли в «что дальше», требующая от L&D подразделения идти в ногу с быстро меняющимися обстоятельствами. Поток информации стал настолько быстрым, что адекватность программы обучения основана больше на скорости и своевременности, чем на точности и тщательности структуры. Мы вступили в эпоху рабочих мест без границ, где сотрудники сотрудничают и общаются как внутри, так и снаружи компании по одним правилам» Мобильное управление талантами: PeopleFluent представляет iPad решение От e-learning к we-learning.
What is Social Learning? The 21st-Century Definition —Part 1 | The Social Learner. What makes this definition different? If you ask a friend, “What’s a house?” Chances are, they’ll point at the nearest building behind a white picket fence or your neighborhood apartment complex. If you ask the same question to some architects, they might do the same, but they also might point at a shipping container and say, “That could be a home.” Or they’ll point to a tree. When it comes to homes, architects can see beyond what most people see.
Our company invents stuff too. When you go to an eLearning conference and listen to a presentation about social learning, there’s a good chance the speaker will mention our company. To make a living doing what we do, we’ve developed a broader definition of social learning, just like how architects have a broader definition of “home.” We’ve learned a lot since we launched our company in 2010. What is social learning? In plain English, social learning is learning from others. Learning Networks: e-Learning 3.0. The future of education lies in technology. Last night, I attended a gathering of some of the smartest technology minds focusing on Education for grades K-12. I didn’t know what to expect, other than Newark Mayor Cory Booker and LinkedIn‘s Founder and Chairman Reid Hoffman being there to listen to seven companies from the ImagineK12 startup incubator in Palo Alto.
In a small office within the Palo Alto aol building, teams with big hearts (and sometimes very nervously) discussed their views on the future of Education for children all over the world. I’m going to be doing a few interviews with some of the companies in the near future, which include Goalbook, educreations, and Eduvant. This is a space that I’m very passionate about. Each team had one thing in common, their belief in the importance of technology to make change happen in a system that hasn’t changed in decades. That change could very well come out of the ImagineK12 incubator, which says this about itself: We believe technology is transforming K-12 education.