Tag: Erasmus+
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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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Why networks matter
Extending your network lies at the heart of Linked In and yet the thought of it makes most of us cringe for various reasons. However, the evidence for the value of targeted networking is piling up and we are taking advantage of that in our Mastering 9 Conversations project supporting refugees who want to start…
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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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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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The 9 Conversations program as a BMC
The 9 Conversations project is developing a programme for refugees wishing to start a business in their new location. The central tool that will be used by the programme is the Osterwalder Business Model Canvas. Each participant will be working to build their own Business Model Canvas. The image below is an experiment in trying…
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Exploring learning journals
Can you detect the effect of professional development interventions by examining teacher learning journals? I and my two co-authors attempted to find this out by applying content analysis to the learning journals we asked participants to keep during the Prof E Sus course on Developing a Sustainable Mindset. We used the Leximancer content analysis software…
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Business FAQ for migrants
Although the category of refugee business is probably rather small, it is very likely that you are familiar with at least one. These are not usually at the glamorous start-up end but more at the run-of-the-mill pizzaria and hairdresser end. Even so, it is quite daunting to arrive in a country not speaking the language and…
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Implementing provocation
Provoke me if you want me to learn Ewan McIntosh Provocation is a key starting point of the Austrian Green Pedagogy model and can be difficult to understand. I have earlier explained why it is needed. In this post I aim to offer a few ideas about how to implement provocation.
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The Prof E Sus video is out!
Here it is! Discover your Sustainable Mindset: A professional development training for teachers of home economics. Acknowledgement