Tag: elearning

  • Discussion forums: where the teaching happens

    Discussion forums: where the teaching happens

    Discussion forums in online courses can easily be lifeless, dull and places where students simply fulfil the requirements of the task and nothing more. Flower Darby’s short webinar from November 2021 explains how the discussion forum can be where the teaching happens. Assuming the pre-requisites of a well-structured course in which learners feel safe to…

  • Pivoting online in a hurry

    Pivoting online in a hurry

    Finally! After all these years my online experience comes in handy. Though actually having to pivot online at a few days notice is nobody’s idea of the ideal circumstances in which to do so. And while I was happy to help, I can see that there is an overwhelming amount of material coming out to…

  • Sustainable mindset teacher training curriculum

    Sustainable mindset teacher training curriculum

    Could showing a curriculum in graphic format reach a wider audience? In the Prof E Sus project we have been developing and piloting a course, Discovering a Sustainable Mindset, for home economics teachers and trainers to help them promote sustainable ways of working in their learners. Our second major product was a curriculum document designed…

  • Promotion of sustainable development through innovative teaching

    Promotion of sustainable development through innovative teaching

    Come to Vienna at the end of November to this free conference to learn more about cultivating a sustainable mindset through relevant pedagogies. International Education Conference 2018 enabling – provocation – reflection Education 4.0 – Promotion of Sustainable Development through Innovative Teaching University College for Agrarian and Environmental Pedagogy 29th and 30th of November, 2018…

  • Change management for sustainability

    Change management for sustainability

    There is no shortage of material written about change management but change managment for sustainability deserves specific consideration for several reasons. The Prof E Sus course on Discovering a Sustainable Mindset aimed at teachers of Home Economics ends with a call to make plans for change. This is relevant regardless of whether we are talking…

  • Can online learning be transformative?

    Can online learning be transformative?

    In the previous post I concluded that Education for Sustainability had to be transformative in order to be effective. In the Prof E Sus project we have planned a blended learning solution with two weeks of face to face training punctuated by 12 weeks of online learning. Can online learning be transformative? I would argue…

  • SAMR online

    SAMR online

    It may seem odd but it looks as though there is a shortage of examples of how to apply the SAMR model to a course that is already fully online. Perhaps people think that because the course is 100% online then it must be reaching the full potential of what is possible online but I…

  • Online course: The first 24 hours

    Online course: The first 24 hours

    I recently started a new online course as moderator and documented the first 24 hours of activity. Read from bottom to top. Does anything need explaining?