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Legends of Online Learning

Learning with 'e's

Last month, just before Christmas I recorded a podcast interview with Mark Nichols (formerly of the British Open University and now back working in New Zealand as Executive Director of the Open Polytechnic) for his series titled: Leaders and Legends of Online Learning. Unported License.

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Part Three: Beyond SAMR… Making Sure Technology Supports Content Standards

21st Century Educational Technology and Learning

In this post I would like to introduce you to way that you can ensure the standards are amplified, and not ignored, by the integration of educational technology. I especially appreciated the following quote, “On his blog, Gorman shares what he has learned with a focus on how tech enables project-based learning.”

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Number crunch: Edtech data you can use right now

eSchool News

The 2023 Global Education Monitoring Report launched last week at an event in Montevideo, Uruguay, hosted by UNESCO, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Uruguay and Ceibal Foundation with 18 ministers of education from around the world. Using technology can improve some types of learning in some contexts.

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OPINION: How online and traditional teachers can work together to bring more students into the middle class

The Hechinger Report

Administrators, school leaders and educators in my Alabama school district decided that the best way to approach the skills gap in our community, and others like ours, was to use the virtual classroom. The main ingredient is teacher-to-teacher support. We already had the online curriculum. So, how does it all work?

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High schoolers report on what it’s like doing school in a pandemic

The Hechinger Report

In this episode, you hear my older sister Luisa’s story, from her early difficulties in school, to my family’s struggle to ensure that she received proper assistance for her learning disabilities, to the moment in March when Covid-19 forced everything to change. Episode 2: “No laptop and no internet” Titilayo Aluko.

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Integrating technology

Learning with 'e's

I designed the series with teachers in mind, especially those who have been compelled by the recent crisis to migrate all of their teaching to online and technology supported education. Several people have already completed the first three modules and have posted favourable comments, so I guess I'm doing something right!

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Digital identity

Learning with 'e's

When we immerse ourselves in the digital world, and we mediate our communication through technology, it becomes more complex still. Educators need to understand this when they teach online. It's just the ticket for teachers who have recently been compelled to adopt technology supported learning.