Boredom … don’t we all remember at least one teacher who had mastered the art of Boring Students. This video from neurologist Judy Willis started with her realising that teachers were reporting more and more cases of kids who had ‘learning’ disorders or ATD etc and, when she took a closer look it turned out …
2012 Media and Tech Learning Trends
On January 24-26, 2012, one hundred distinguished thought leaders from all over the world were invited to come together in Austin to mark the tenth anniversary of the NMC Horizon Project with a very special convocation and retreat. During the retreat they identified a number of ‘mega trends’ that will effect learning and the way we work …
Educating With Online Video: Salman Khan
Salman Khan, the founder of the incredibly successful Khan Academy of short, low-production value/low-cost, highly effective educational videos talks about educating online and the use of engaging video produced with passion. From the TED website: Salman Khan talks about how and why he created the remarkable Khan Academy, a carefully structured series of educational videos …
Speaking & Presentations March and April 2011
I will be presenting at the following conferences in March and April. If you aren’t attending and are interested in receiving more information about the presentations or the events please contact me. Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011, Melbourne March 28-April 1 I will be presenting a paper on the online training platform we are developing …
Macrowikinomics and PCF6
I’m currently in Cochin, India for the Sixth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning. The theme of the conference is ‘Access and Success in Learning: Global Development Perspectives‘. I’m here with a contingent from the International Award Association for whom praxMatrix is developing an Online Award Leader Training platform for the Asia Pacific region in conjunction …
Korea IAA Workshop
The conference/workshop started with a tour of Seoul and an evening drinking the local Saki type fuel called Soju with 3 of the IAA staffers – clear, inoffensive tasting but with the power to finally catch up with you and make new acquaintances seem like very old friends. Good fun. Today Michael McQueen gave his …
Australian Education: Passport to A Global Career
Australian Education: Passport to A Global Career (ISBN 978-1-921156-53-3) has been published and is now available. The guide offers a comprehensive coverage of Australian education and education providers and has been especially written for international students wanting to study in Australia. In her forward, the (new!) Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, says: “I am pleased …
Developing Creativity to Make Sense of Digital Literacy
I’m getting seriously excited. For months I’ve been wondering exactly how digital literacy skills could be developed in ways that were relevant to the extra ordinary demands to reshape the way we use media and information while, simultaneously, ensuring that basic literacy skills such as reading and writing are given their proper place as the …
