What is it like to learn online?

Starved of human contact. Isolated. Lonely. I’ve heard people say that distance learning online – alone, in their pyjamas, talking aloud to their cat – made them feel cut off from their peers and not really part of the class. Having just finished two online papers, I thought I’d try and re-capture the experience, which […]

Ewan McIntosh: On being an entrepreneurial learner

Had the pleasure of hearing Ewan McIntosh address the Wellington Edu-crowd this morning, courtesy of Core Education. And I have tried to capture the key points that he made here – trialling Omnigraffle for myself at the same time (visualisation being, after all, a growing focus for digital literacy;-)). In essence, the social web should […]

The future of education in four easy steps…

Preparing your students – or your own children – for the future? There are plenty of people, and websites, out there who’ll tell you how to do it. For my part, I attended the Learning Media 2020 Visions of the Future Symposium today, and listened to keynotes from Hon Anne Tolley, Dr Monica Martinez (New […]