Category: Pedagogy
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Making your own Chatbot
in PedagogyHow easy is it to make your own chatbot using a pre-determined set of training resources? The answer probably ranges from very easily and cheaply to, with some effort and at great cost of manhours and subscriptions. Larry Ferlazzo created five using ChatGPT. When I asked him how, this was his response: It was easy…
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Green Pedagogy and En-ROADS – a good fit?
Being an enthusiastic convert to Green Pedagogy and having been recently introduced to En-ROADS, I began to wonder if the two could be a good fit. So far this is just an idea not yet tried out in a real classroom. What I like about Green Pedagogy are especially the last two steps where learners…
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Implementing Google Drive as a LMS
The Mastering 9 Conversations package of outputs is ready. One of the options we worked on was collating course materials in a set of Google Docs folders and I decided to test how that would work. The first step is to copy the bunch of folders and since Google Drive only lets you copy one item at…
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Mastering 9 Conversations package available
It’s ready! If you want to help refugees in your local area who wish to start their own business as a way of supporting themselves and their family then the Mastering 9 Conversations package is ready. You have several options. We recommend that the 9 Conversations course is carried out face to face with a…
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Learning through discussion
In the original 9 Conversations project we developed a face to face program to support refugees wanting to start their own business in their new place of residence through nine meetings and the development of a relevant local network in between each session. The central dilemma was about how to balance imparting useful information with…
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The 9 Conversations Toolkit
The challenge: How best to help refugees who want to set up their own business? This was the main aim of the 9 Conversations project which developed a programme that would be supported by a local facilitator and like-minded peers. The programme could also be followed individually by any refugee interested in starting a personal…
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Chapter on Green Pedagogy available online
One of the most significant advantages of being a partner in the ProfESus project was learning about the Green Pedagogy approach to sustainability education. One of the originators of the Green Pedagogy approach, Christine Wogowitsch, and I have co-authored a chapter to bring the pedagogy to the English-speaking world from its Austrian origins and it…
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Pivoting online in a hurry
in PedagogyFinally! 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…
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PowerPoint pedagogy
I am not seriously suggesting that there is such a thing as PowerPoint pedagogy however, I thought I might explain how we use slide presentations in the 9 Conversations programme as a conversation guide. An old New Yorker magazine article about the effect of PowerPoint, quotes Clifford Nass as saying that PowerPoint has raised the…
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Using video to teach the BMC
How can a short video containing little information help a group of people to develop their own Business Model Canvas(BMC)? In the 9 Conversations project, supported under the EUs Erasmus+ programme, we have developed a 9 week programme to help people extend their professional network with relevant contacts and develop their story about their business…
