Coaching connected learning across borders

Never judge a book by its cover they say but I loved this book starting right from its cover. If you need a quick introduction to intercultural competence and communication then this is as good a starting point as any especially considering that it is free of charge. The Diversity Dashboard is by Debbie Swallow…

Jeg fik en spændende opgave forleden, da jeg blev kaldt ud til et gymnasium hvor vi skulle se om tyskundervisningen, med to fjerne hold, kunne forbedres. Gymnasiet kunne ikke tilbyde tyskundervisningen som sådan, fordi antallet af interesserede elever var for lille. Men da tre gymnasier slog deres elever sammen, så gav det mening. De tre…

This sign spotted on a Czech train, which does the Prague-Copenhagen run regularly, reminded me that native English speakers have a responsibility to use simple English especially in this case which relates to an emergency situation when a non-native English speaker might not be thinking clearly. Why not “Do not go in the direction of…

We’ve widened access to our podcast still further by creating a YouTube channel for Absolutely Intercultural. The latest show all about getting paid to teach English in China is out now. The YouTube option allows us to include more images when these are relevant. This was certainly the case for the first show we put…

Måske sætter den nye folkeskoleaftale mere fokus på hvordan efteruddannelse kan udføres med timer afsat til samarbejdsopgaver. I løbet af det sidste halvandet år har jeg arbejdet med Powerful Learning Practice og deres coachet action research efteruddannelse. Det er en anden måde at arbejde på, hvor man arbejder i teams (lærere, bibliotekarer, administratorer og her…

The EDEN conference sounds idyllic and in many ways it is as it is one of the friendliest conferences I’ve ever been to. The theme this year in Oslo was ‘The Joy of Learning’ and as ever it included reports from many interesting projects around Europe as well as a few from further afield. I…

Could the UniKey course be a MOOC? A great deal has been written in the last few months about MOOCs, Massive Open Online Courses and I have tried a few. It’s one thing though to talk about existing MOOCs and quite another to take an existing course and try to MOOCify it. How would one…

Der er mange ting jeg ikke bryder mig om i den nye folkeskolereform, men en ting vækkede min interesse og det var at lærerne skulle arbejde mere i teams, understøttet af flere midler til efteruddannelse. Mon det bliver nævnt af Bondo? Jeg var til et debatoplæg for nylig hvor vi kunne høre Anders Bondo Christensens…

Vidste du at der findes pludselig en masse gratis arbejdsrelateret kurser på videregående niveau? At mange er tilbudt af de store universiteter såsom Stanford og Carnegie Mellon i USA og at fænomenet også begynder at brede sig her i Europa? Har du brug for lære noget om Psykologi Programmering Iværksætteri Pædagogik Sprog Økonomi Kurserne varer…

I just published a book on iBooks! The Little Book of Blogs is a compilation of blog posts collated from all the tutors at The Consultants-E where I have tutored the online Certificate in Teaching Languages with Technology for the last four years. The collection is a very wide-ranging one covering learning, teaching languages, tips…