Developing intellectual and practical skills in a digital age
The story so far
Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...
Is content still important in a digital age?
The story so far
Chapter 5 of my open textbook, ‘Teaching in a Digital Age’ is about the design of teaching and learning, which I am...
Key characteristics of learners in a digital age and their influence on the design...
In my previous post, I outlined some key components of learning environments, which will form part of Chapter 5 of my open textbook, 'Teaching...
Learning environments: a critical component of the design of online teaching
I have now published the first four chapters of my open textbook 'Teaching in a Digital Age'. These chapters have greatly benefited from your feedback.
I...
Choosing teaching methods for a digital age
Introduction
I'm going to try to pull together here the main conclusions following my discussion of epistemologies, learning theories and methods of teaching that I've...
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...