Visible Learner Trainer Peter DeWitt describes the visible learner and how being at the centre of their own learning - where growth rather than achievement is the focus - creates the motivation for coming to school. Read the full story here.
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Visible Learner Trainer Peter DeWitt describes the visible learner and how being at the centre of their own learning - where growth rather than achievement is the focus - creates the motivation for coming to school. Read the full story here.
It was promoted as the 2nd Annual Visible Learning (VL) International Conference. Last year it took place in Brisbane, Australia, but this time it happened outside of San Diego, California (USA), and it was indeed…international. Presenters and participants came in from Europe, the United Kingdom, Australia, North America, and of course…New Zealand.
Professor John Hattie, creator of the Visible Learning development program, shares his story about what great schools do that sets them in the top tier of teaching and learning, and why your school should follow what they do.
Reflexive practice is critical to creating student learning success. In this Learning from practice - workbook series by the AITSL, gain insights on the Australian model for deeper understanding of teaching impact.
Mashable for education is passionate about apps to improve teaching and the learner's experience. Here Matt Petronzio shares his top 7 iPad apps to make learning better for people with dyslexia.
As technology evolves and teaching requires educators to understand it especially in blended learning, where's the best place to learn? Online, of course. Andrew Boan offers his tried and tested MOOC learning experience.
A 360 degree view of the student body and their needs enables teachers the ability to more effectively personalise their teaching. Thor Olavsrud looks at how feedback from data analysis can improve tailored teaching.
Teaching received a massive boost this week with the TES Global aquisition of Blendspace digital tools to "enable teachers to create digital, self-paced lessons for their classrooms and students". Content includes 800,000 education activities and lesson plans created by teachers for teachers.
If student retention and graduation are your student success measures, your institution may also want to consider aspects outside of the normal check-boxes that will achieve the same outcome. Dr David Fairris discusses alternative activities, such as "fostering student-faculty interaction" that keep students engaged.
Changes are being made in New Mexico for teacher evaluations based on student tests, teacher observation and teacher surveys. Yet some maintain the new evaluation system is not yet accurate.
