FUTUREMAKERSDerek is regarded as one of NZ education’s foremost Future Focused thinkers, and is regularly asked to consult with schools, policy makers and government agencies regarding the future directions of NZ educational policy and practice.
Derek’s Blog, launched in 2003, serves as a platform for sharing thoughts and reflections related to his work. It offers over 20 years of searchable posts, categorized by the tags below. Feel free to comment, as your feedback contributes to ongoing reflection and future posts.
Following on from yesterday’s blog – the link below will open a page that provides some explanation about the animation and its relevance to eLearning.
In my role as eLearning manager at the Correspondence School I developed a simply model to illustrate the relationships between the various eLearning tools and strategies, both synchronous and asynchronous, that can be used. This model has been included in the Ministry of Education’s ICT Strategy for schools called “Digital Horizons”. The link below will open an animation that we created to help explain the model….
Open Animation
In preparation for his presentation at TechLearn 2003, Mark Oehlert asked a number of reserachers to answer a set of questions on the future of e-learning models and the language we use to describe them. This wide-ranging discussion is captured in the transcript: A conversation on the future of eLearning
Learning objects are getting a lot of press at the moment. The creation, storage, discoverability and reuse of them are all issues that are the focus of much debate. Here are a few recent articles that I’ve come across with lots of links within them for those curious about these issues.
Here’s an article that I think is worth a read – not essentially because what is says is revolutionary, but beacuseof the construction of the thinking and the ways the writer is trying to establish links with ;known’ philisophical or theoretical positions etc. All in all a useful starter on the debate around the notion of m-learning, and the perceived pedagogical benefits rather than simply the “wow” factor.
Towards a Philosophy of m-learning
http://21st.century.phil-inst.hu/eng/m-learning/nyiri_m-learn_philos.htm
My interest in educational gaming was aroused first when I attended a conference in Finland, and heard Randy Hinrichs from Microsoft’s education division speak about the ways in which the gaming phenomenon needs to be harnessed for educational purposes.
one of the lists I belong to is called “Serious Gaming” and in recent postings the following links have been shared which take you to all sorts of research and discussion about educaitonal gaming.
Game Research – Attempts to bring together knowledge on computer games
from the areas of art, business, and science. Traditionally such
cross-communication has been sparse to the detriment of all involved.
http://www.game-research.com
The Center for Computer Games Research – we conduct computer game
research in game aesthetics, game design, game spaces, game worlds,
gaming cultures, and learning in games.
http://game.itu.dk
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In today’s Dominion Post newspaper (IT Weekly section) – an article about the Learning Relationship Management System (LRMS) software being developed at the Correspondence School
Today is Monday 3 May – I’m in CHCH to focus on the T4T4T project. Key things for me to do for this week include:
– create blog access within the site
– work with Glen to create report component
– work with mentors to emphasise focus on changing professional practice
– look at “stickies’ within the site
– clear up the CCE research ethics question
– populate the T4T4T public site
