The year, 2010. The location, Tasmania. The task, the introduction of online learning in a system of schools. Over the period of the next two years I was to be a part of a small team that innovatively focused on…
The Foundations of successful Online Learning
Supporting the learning needs of all your students – ONLINE! Okay – that’s a big call, I know. But let me introduce you to an online learning model I have developed over the last 20 years of practice, that will…
How DO you plan your classroom?
Is it heresy to not begin planning with the curriculum, specifically state mandated? I run a student-centered classroom, so the curriculum is never my starting point! Here’s my 5-step classroom planning process I use to put my students front and centre of their learning.
Self-care in a demanding profession
Christmas Landcare – community based self-care I am sitting on an old bench on my sister’s kitchen veranda, a private moment of self-care before a busy day. The old, now disused, pool on my left, vegetable gardens and water tanks…
The Secret Ingredient
I love that scene in Kung Fu Panda. It is the end of the movie, the team, including Po, have just defeated Tai Lung the fearsome snow leopard. Po is about to leave the village when his adoptive father, Mr.…
Music a symbol for the differentiated classroom
There is something magical about attending a classical music concert. Oops, did I just lose you? Hang in there, I am going somewhere with this! You enter the concert hall and find your seat. People are murmuring quietly. It’s all…
Curriculum Innovation in HE
Exploring New Approaches in Teacher Education to Enhance Learning and Improve Practice Working with academics in planning curriculum innovation across often unfamiliar knowledge domains, I spend much of my initial time endeavoring to understand different conceptual and methodological organizing frameworks for course development.…
The Coffee Principle of Differentiation
Yes, it is true – I drink a lot of coffee. And so, I also buy a lot of coffee. My daughter always complains I drink too much, I buy too much! (really?) But it would appear she is right.…
Proposing a Framework for Online Learning
What is an acceptable model of ‘online’ that will improve student outcomes? Proposed here, is a 3-part model of online learning pedagogy, to guide HE practitioners adopting elearning at a systems level.
Do not touch!
I love the challenge when told that online or blended learning will not work in a particular subject! Read how I challenge academics to think outside their comfort zone.