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How are you engaging your learners?

Learning with e's

One of the principles of pedagogy I learnt very early on in my career was not to privilege teaching above learning. There's more to education than standing up and teaching. Presenting content should be mainly seen as a stimulus for further study, and should not be the end goal. Unported License.

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What is authentic assessment?

Learning with e's

It's important because it shows that assessment drives they way we teach. I asked whether nurses wrote essays when they were working in clinical areas, and was told, no - they generally wrote reports and case studies. 2011) Teaching for Quality Learning at University. 2014) Constructive alignment in university teaching.

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Narrative pedagogy 3: Problem solving

Learning with e's

In this short series (on what I will call 'narrative pedagogy'*) I'm exploring some of the storytelling techniques that can be adapted for use in education. New learning occurs when students study the problem space, and think of possible algorithms they have previously encountered that might apply or be adapted. Unported License.

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It's a complicated business.

Learning with e's

The first, from the Times Higher Education Supplement was entitled 'Academics fail to change teaching due to fear of looking stupid'. Other methods, including interactive, collaborative and student centred approaches to teaching were shunned, because to adopt them would expose the younger academics to potential ridicule or loss of face.

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Empowering students with digital tools and project-based learning

Kadenze

It harnesses the creative and collaborative power of project-based learning using a series of digital projects which are scaffolded to create a coherent understanding of this important field of study. As a result, this course demonstrates a creative approach to teaching a traditional subject online. license.

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Space exploration

Learning with e's

The news created a small stir on social media, with several educators opining about what they thought of lecture theatres, their place in universities, technology, and teaching and learning in general. Only trouble is, the illustration holds on to the concept of teaching from the front. Unported License. Unported License.

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Flipping the teacher

Learning with e's

For centuries, innovative teachers have been trying to find other more effective methods of pedagogy that can take the place of lecturing and instruction. What it does mean is that teachers should seriously consider new forms of pedagogy where students are placed at the centre of the learning process, and have to spend some time ''teaching''.

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