Category Archives: Teaching and Learning

Last, but not least. What I think most of all this stuff is about. Including Ako the wonderful Maori word used to show both sides of the T&L equation at once.

Becoming a Learning Organisation: it’s the habits that count

I had a brief meeting this with several people from an organisation looking at how to help move the organisation into a future as a ‘learning organisation’. I don’t think it is as clear cut as this: the group does … Continue reading

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Kathy Sierra and Thoughts on Professional Development

I have several times wondered what had happened to Kathy Sierra.  We used her blog post Crash Course in Learning Theory with several courses to try to break people out of merely parroting “Constructivism, Behavourism and usually one other” with … Continue reading

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What makes a good teacher?

A fraught question indeed!! This list from the ROTP project, used in teaching/teacher evaluation: “The Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) was developed as an observation instrument to provide a standardized means for detecting the degree to which K-20 classroom instruction … Continue reading

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OER and Samoa

I was supposed to be in Samoa of this week to take a WikiEducator workshop. Unfortunately I was missing one vital piece of information: I need to have more than six months left on my passport to be able to … Continue reading

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Facilitatior or Teacher?? (Part One)

The debate still unresolved. Probably won’t ever be. From Leigh: As I teach and facilitate various online courses this year, a lot of the theories and concepts I subscribe to are getting some hard testing. The biggest challenge I am … Continue reading

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“Web 2.0 in ten Minutes” and “Wikis for a Business unit”

Gave two talks yesterday. The new ITAG (IT advisory group) meets once a month for lunch and an informal catch up on various matters at 0ur institution.  They invited me in to speak about web 2.0 and benefits (And a … Continue reading

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