October 19, 2006 – 10:04 am
Being originally a mathematics teacher in the 80s, I was looking forward to hearing from Seymour as his theories were underpinning much of the pedagogies around mathematics at that time. As well, I taught LOGO which was in its early stages of programming basic machines in classrooms. Much has changed since then.
Get down to the […]
October 19, 2006 – 7:00 am
Doug Brown, DFES spoke about the personalisation agenda, where learning is made accessible to all. He spoke about policies in the UK that enable the learner to have access to technologies that motivate and challenge students to achieve their potential in learning. Personalisation is not about lowering standards but empowering people to exceed and go […]
October 18, 2006 – 11:42 am
This is the first session of provocateurs. Their role at the Gloabl Summit is to challenge our thinking.
George Siemens says we ’suck’ at context games. We often fail to define the context in which we use technology for educational purposes. Why do we need a new learning theory? Something is fundamentally at odds with existing […]
October 18, 2006 – 11:41 am
Andew Cappie-Wood, Dir Gen, NSW Department of Education and Training, in his opening address outlined that such a massive, diverse, goegraphically dispersed system (1.3 miliion students, 140,000 teachers) faces challenges to ensure equity of access to learning. With demographics changing how do you deliver a physics class to an increasing number of students in schools […]
October 18, 2006 – 7:15 am
The Summit Dinner was a great start to the education.au global summit which is really an opportunity for strategic conversations. Not only was there the opportunity for networking, but the entertainment was very funny. Well done to Jane for that choice. I sat next to Jean Johnson (www.thecademy.net) and George Siemmens (http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/) and given our conversations I […]
October 3, 2006 – 1:38 pm
Day 3 included a visit to a school, to the Samsung Factory and to KERIS. The school visit was to a local boys high school. In Korea, high school starts in Year 10 and students complete their last year of school three years later. Single sex schools are a relic from the past, and most […]
October 3, 2006 – 1:37 pm
Deputy Minister for Education, Dr KIM, Gwang-Jo described the program of education reform for Korean Education. The reform would be based on four key elements:
1. Curriculum Reform
2. Deregulation and school governance reform
3. Increase in public financing (5% of GNP)
4. Incorporation of ICT into schools and classrooms.
What was impressive about his speech was the commitment and drive from the government […]
