Working and learning in web development

Last week A List Apart released the results of the Web Design Survey (that some of my class actually took part in):

The attached report shares everything we learned. We offer it freely to this community that has given us so much. For the curious, we also provide an “anonymized” version of the raw data. It contains . . . → Read More: Working and learning in web development

Teacher tip 1: Model learning not teaching

What advice would you give to a new teacher working in a technology-related area? Maybe you’re a student who’s experienced the good and the bad? Or a teacher who’s experience has refined some tried-and-true “methods of instruction”? What advice would you give to a new teacher?

Since starting out in education half-a-decade ago (sounds longer than 4 . . . → Read More: Teacher tip 1: Model learning not teaching

Visualising our learning

While preparing for the start of next semester (and at the same time trying to help my daughter learn basic life skills) I keep thinking how useful it would be to be able to visualise our individual learning in a way that:

highlights the relationships between different learning areas in our lives (perhaps using distance as a . . . → Read More: Visualising our learning

Demonstrating Webdesign

In our on-going effort to improve our Web Design learning experience we’ve been trying to listen very carefully to the feedback from our learners and update our program in response.

Back in June this year we started restructuring the learning pathway through the course into smaller yet holistic levels with individual deadlines/milestones. This was in response to . . . → Read More: Demonstrating Webdesign

Connectivism with George Siemens

I had the wonderful experience yesterday of participating in a workshop with George Siemens. I’d read George’s connectivism article a while ago, and jumped at the chance to be involved in this workshop.

One of the pre-readings: Beyond the Horseless Carriage – harnessing the power of ICT in education and training, provides a really excellent summary of . . . → Read More: Connectivism with George Siemens