The world is characterised by change….and the rate of change is increasing!! Over the next 25 years, there will be 10 years worth of progress….over the next 100 years there will be 20,000 years of progress. Will there be a genZ? What does it mean to future proof? What does productivity look like?
Martin spoke about […]
Martin warns that the concept of personalisation (Futurelab (UK) explores this concept) may turn into delivering curriculum by profiling. That is you may be categorised as a visual, aural or kinesthetic learner and material will be delivered to you based on some form of categorisation. This is not personalisation.
‘Brainology’ illustrates the flexible nature of intelligence […]
Martin’s experience and expertise is in neuroscience. He says that the brain grows by the growth of the connections between cells and these connections reflect our experience. It’s the personalisation of the brian. (150 trillion). He says that repetition uses the connections and the pathways for the connections, but that emotion plays an important role in laying […]
I have had a long recess of late and this is hopefully my return to regular blogging………
Ewan McIntosh’s recent post about Charles Leadbeater’s ‘Remixing Cities, Remixing Learning’ in which he describes schools as providing learning spaces in three concentric circles. The inner circle describes the role of the school as a physical place for learners […]
Alan Hird, Director, Professional Learning Team at the Department of Education, Employment, and workplace relations (DEEWR) spoke about the relationships that have been developed to govern the DER. He spoke particularly about the Australian ICT in Education Committee (AICTEC) which is taking responsibility for determining the priorities for the spend of the DER. AICTEC is establishing […]
education.au is holding a national symposium on e-portfolios today. We have just seen four presentations alluding to the fact that e-portfolios at an institution level are already used significantly. However, as Jerry Leeson pointed out, if the web is shifting to a more learner centred mode, then the e-portfolio world is very complex from a […]
Mark Pesce is the keynote for the ACER/education.au symposium. He speaks of the generation gap between those wacky kids and those well meaning adults. He has now made his speech available on video and in text.
In my presentation I show a video of people building a plane while they are flying the plane. Its a nice metaphor for what we have been doing for sometime. We seem to be making it up as we go along. That seems appropriate given the fast pace at which the technology and the world is […]
I have been reflecting on Mark Pesce’s talk where he speaks of ‘Those Wacky Kids’ and the ‘mutants’ , that is us, and how we need to bridge the generational gap. Fundamentally, kids get engaged in learning when their intrinsic motivation is high. So what sparks intrinsic motivation? Learning that relates to life and arouse […]
Daniel Owen (Branch Manager, Professional Learning), opened the symposium describing how the DER is based in an economic and social inclusion agenda and how this provided strong support from governments for financial backing.
There are five elements ;
National Secondary School Computer Fund
Broadband Infrastructure, Fibre to schools - Connecting schools.
Online Curriculum Content
Portals for Parents
Assistance for schools in the deployment […]
