The nurturing and social reform models of teaching and their relevance to connectivist online...
A counsellor and student at Empire State College, New York, which has a mentoring approach to adult education
These are the last of the teaching models discussed...
Models for teaching by doing (labs, apprenticeship, etc.)
Context
I am gradually working my way through Chapter 4 on different models of teaching for my open textbook, 'Teaching in a Digital Age.'
First drafts of...
Dialogue and discussion: critical for 21st century skills development
Introduction
First of all, thanks to the numerous people who commented on my earlier posts on Why Lectures are Dead, and on Learning Theories and...
Learning theories and online learning
Figure 3.3. Adults learning in groups in a constructivist manner - and assisted by technology
Introduction
Chapter 3 of my open textbook on 'Teaching in a...
Why lectures are dead (or soon will be)
As part of my open textbook on Teaching in a Digital Age, I am working my way through theories of learning and methods of...
Guest blog: MOOCs: Disruptor or Indicator of Something Deeper?
Introduction
I don't usually do guest blogs, and when I do it's always because I know they will be of the highest quality - and...
Submitting a doctoral thesis on online learning? Some things to keep in mind
Old people often complain that the world is going to hell in a hand-basket, that standards are falling, and it used to be better...
The nature of knowledge and the implications for teaching
Teaching in a Digital Age
I've now just published Chapter 2 of my open textbook, Teaching in a Digital Age.
Chapter 1 looks at the fundamental changes...
Opening up: chapter one of Teaching in a Digital Age
I've not been blogging much recently, because (a) I've been on holiday for a month in the Mediterranean and (b) I've been writing my...
Are universities teaching the skills needed in a knowledge-based economy?
I've been on holiday the last two and a half weeks, but also doing some writing for my open textbook on teaching in a...