Speak up – US research into online learning for June 2009
October 4, 2009 by chris · Leave a Comment
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Based on 140 000 surveys and 1.3 million K-12 students Data from 08-09, focussing on students of Maths, Science and Technology (ICT) The report which was sponsored by Blackboard looked at K-12 students (compulsory age education) and their attitudes to what they called online education but which could be understood to include Learning Management Systems and VLEs. Blackboard is a popular commercial VLE Read more |
Youtube – ‘why do we have to do ICT’
January 16, 2009 by chris · Leave a Comment
I ran a survey before Christmas on the schools Moodle asking two different sets of classes their motives in ICT. Those students who had chosen to do ICT as an exam subject, commiting 3 or 6 hours a week, and those who did one hour a week as a compulsory subject. I asked the volunteers (among other things) ‘Why had they chosen ICT as a subject’ a large majority gave variations on ‘ It is important for the/my future’ Read more
Derbyshire ICT Subject Leaders Conference
October 17, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
Thursday 16th October 2008
A very useful discussion that continued after I left. As most schools in the UK adopt VLEs the need for defining and working on relevant pedagogies is becoming more pressing. A VLE is not an Intranet or document repository. The Information architecture at the back of the VLE – when associated with a computer of some sort – is capable of completely changing learning. One teacher observed that VLEs were common in Universities and recent entrants into teaching are suprised not to find them in schools.
These bold assertions are made in the presentation notes
there are two main pedagogies
- Independant Learning where computers are always available
- Blended Learning where computers are available from home, but data projectors in class.
- Independant Learning will increase attainment by at least 50%
- Blended Learning will attract 25% additional attention out of class.
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http://moodlexchange.com/Downloads/SubjectLeadersVLE.ppt
Using a VLE with an exam syllabus – OCR Nationals in ICT
April 20, 2008 by chris · Leave a Comment
The KS4 qualification that occupies most of my time is the OCR Nationals in ICT. In common with most exam subjects that I have taught, I initially taught everyone all that they would need to get the highest grade – in this case a distinction, an A grade. The normal process is to mark the result and see who ‘gets it’ they would logically get a distinction and the remainder would be marked by the degree to which they failed to do what was asked of them,
