The utopian dream of every student in education entering the workforce as a creative critical thinker is likely to never go away. The sentiment is
Category: connected learning
Course design as a research project
How to get more buy-in to teaching and learning from time starved research academics Higher education is a complex setting. Attracting top quality researchers into
A Different Kind of Model
One of Vygotsky’s central tenets was that the learner’s mind develops by initially observing a more capable adult or peer engage with a topic or
Vygotsky – more than just 5 words
For those involved in education, when you hear the name Vygotsky, 5 words inevitably spring to mind: The Zone of Proximal Development. It is indeed
Rigour, Rites of passage, and Society
OLD SCHOOL Of course I am hypothesising, but it seems there may still be some higher educationalists who would have their students battle through an
Thoughts on Learning Design, as seen from the shoulders of giants
To me, learning design is the deliberate and precise creation and arrangement of content, instruction, the learning space and student engagement. A design is necessary
LEARNING DESIGN by Paul G Moss 