Until fairly recently, on-line education amounted to little more than electronic versions of the old, off-line correspondence courses. That has really changed with arrival of broadband internet, social networking, web-based video, instant messaging and a whole smorgasbord of collaboration tools.
The full report, Evaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning: a meta-analysis and review of online [...]
Richard Potts is director of the Human Origins Programme at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History where he studies how humans evolved over millions of years to be the dominant species on the earth. The first thing this tells us is that, to fit that lot in, he may have the largest business [...]
A while ago, I came across a fantastic example of someone going about their work in an apparently quiet and dilligent way and suddenly being noticed. The unusual thing was the methods she employed the carry out her task and the interest she created.
It made me think about how we need to find a balance [...]
There is a new game show in the UK on ITV 1 on Saturday nights called “The Cube”. If you haven’t seen it yet I would encourage you to watch it as it provides a fascinating insight into learning and the power of repetition.
The basic premise of the show is that contestants have to stand [...]
The other day a colleague took me to one side and said “You were very distracted during that session. What’s on your mind?”
His feedback was genuinely intended to be constructive but it took me back a bit as I had no idea why he would think that. I was fairly sure that I hadn’t been [...]
