You are being watched and tracked “to help understand learning processes” – really???? And if I wanted to do this for a research project, rather than for business purposes (student “engagement” is about student retention, which means students continuing to be…
Category: student engagement
Students taught pseudo scientific “rubbish”, experts warn
A popular teaching style embraced by teachers across Australia has been condemned as nothing more than a fad. Source: Students taught pseudo scientific “rubbish”, experts warn Yay this guy for calling out the “rubbish” – in this case, teaching to…
Half an Hour: The 2016 Look at the Future of Online Learning
Source: Half an Hour: The 2016 Look at the Future of Online Learning Stephen Downes is one of my favorite writers on online teaching and learning – he has written prolifically for many many years in a way that I…
Competency based training, productivity and performance
Competency based training, productivity and performance. Jason – we should look at this.
‘It’s the end of the world as we know it’: Marginson | The Australian
“So far we have a clever package for creating a more stratified system that suits the independent school crowd, lowers the long term public cost and reproduces the social hierarchy. Commercial market competition for the masses at the bottom and…
BBC News – Lack of sleep blights pupils’ education
BBC News – Lack of sleep blights pupils' education. This might be of interest to you, Ian!
Melbourne Social Neuroscience Symposium
Hi all, Not sure if this is the place to do it, but I just thought I’d bring to the attention of the group that there is a free (two day) symposium at Melbourne Uni in early March. Brief overview…
Froebel and the pedagogy of computing
Froebel and the pedagogy of computing. (via Stephen Downes Apparently, Friedrich Froebel founded the kindergarten (children’s garden) and this pedagogy has also inspired Mitch Resnick’s Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT. Might be an interesting read for people interested in play…
The longitudinal association of childhood school engagement with adult educational and occupational achievement
The longitudinal association of childhood school engagement with adult educational and occupational achievement: findings from an Australian national study – Abbott-Chapman – 2013 – British Educational Research Journal – Wiley Online Library. Interesting Australian study that Ben alerted me to…