Hi Stuart – I think this does make sense & I like the concept behind flipped learning although recently I have done a reasonable amount of talking to students as research into implementing a more flipped approach and their responses have been cautious at best. They have been very positive about the flipped suggestions (teacher videos on Moodle /…[Read more]

Hi Jennifer – I think the idea of students being ‘’unsettled’ by autonomy is a very real one. In Further Education, where I work, there are always learners who feel this is ‘second chance’ education. Often they tell me that they messed up before, but this time they are committed to being a ‘good’ student. And that they are going to sit still, n…[Read more]

Late on this so apologies – great post Andy & I like the idea of, having identified the four quadrants & the idea of mobility between them, sharing the apps, software, technology etc that could enhance work in each quadrant.

One that I think would work really well for more directed learning would be http://www.gosoapbox.com which allows you as teacher…[Read more]

Absolutely agree Guy – I blogged about this a couple of years ago http://neobadwolfone1.blogspot.co.uk/2011/02/water-water-everywhere-and-all-boards.html?spref=Tw back when I did blog about stuff. I think one of the reasons why I gave up on the blogging was partly to do with this constant change and as soon as you get your head around one area it…[Read more]

Hi Guy – yet again I’m reminded of the Henry Ford quote above about “if I’d asked the people what they wanted, they’d have said faster horses!”

Interesting point about how technology changes in ways that sometimes we can’t predict – I can’t remember where but recently I saw that famous quote from Henry Ford where he said something along the lines of “If I’d asked the people what they want, they’d have said faster horses” …

I wonder when we talk about engaging all academic staff in TEL is it fair sometimes to take it for granted that young and / or newly qualified teachers will often think of TEL as more of an expectation than teachers who started teaching pre-Internet & who can have reservations about it.
This is of course not to generalise – I have worked with some…[Read more]