Category: 2015
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Don’t be SPOOKED by the MOOC – Planning my Presentation continued…
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Conferences, DipALNE, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Flipped, Leadership, Learning Outcomes, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, Qualifications, Software, Technology, Tutor, Tutor ProfileI’m back home again today and working on my conference presentation on our new MOOC. So, just picking up from the other week, here are my notes… Need to create some slides next… but nothing with too much text. I’m probably only going to have a one page handout. It won’t have everything on…
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Don’t be Spooked by the MOOC – Handout 3: Talking about the new ALNE qualifications
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Business improvement, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, TheoryAt some stage in my workshop next week I’d like to give people a chance to talk about the similarities and differences between the old and new versions of the ALNE qualifications. Or at least, I’d like just a chance to talk about how the new versions of the two qualifications that interest me might…
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Day of the MOOC
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in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Jokes, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, MOC, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Productivity, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, TEC, TechnologyI’m giving a talk next week about MOOCs… Since I’m writing one I thought I better do some basic research and find out what they actually are. My starting point was to look up MOOC jokes. I assumed there would be hundreds. However, it seems that MOOC jokes are a bit like jokes about literacy…
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Hacking Learning
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in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Business improvement, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Creativity, Economy, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Hacking, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Professional Development, QualificationsEveryone is in the education business. At least that’s our take on things. Obviously, if you’re a teacher, a tutor, a trainer, or an assessor of some kind then of course, you’re in education. However, if you own a company. If you are in sales. If you make stuff for people. If you’re in business for…
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7 Trends in education that will disrupt our work as teachers
From our analysis of education in New Zealand and internationally, as well as from other sources including technological innovation, silicon valley ed-tech and other startups, we see the following as current trends impacting our work: Increased scrutiny around the economics of education: This applies both from the external position of funding agencies like the TEC…
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It’s the economy…! Uncertainty regarding literacy and numeracy funding
Here are my thoughts on the economic environment right now: Government spending on education increased from $9 billion in 2008 to around $11.6 billion in 2012. From 2012 we have seen a slowdown in education spending from $12.3 billion in 2013 to a projected $12.3 billion again in 2014, and up to $12.4 billion in…
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The ALEC (Anti) Marketing Plan
I’m terrible at marketing. At least in the normal sense that people use the word. I recognise that now. In the past we have spent a lot of time and money, including working with a professional marketing company and using online advertising to market ALEC’s education products and to develop marketing plans. Mostly, this time…
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Using the Business Model Canvas: What are ALEC’s Value Propositions?
When you analyse your education business model using the Business Model Generation Canvas you need to start thinking in terms of what your business’s value propositions are. Value propositions are the bundle of products and services that create value for specific customer segments. What are ALEC’s Value propositions? Tell me if we’re on the right…
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How does ALEC’s business model work?
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in 2015, 21204, Advertising, ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Compliance, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, NCALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Professional Development, QualificationsALEC’s business model is something that we have given a significant amount of thought to, especially in recent years. As a government-funded training organisation we are fortunate to have access to a dedicated funding stream for our main education product, the National Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) – otherwise known as the…
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Everybody smokes their own crack (Or reasons why we’re a winning team)
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Business improvement, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, QualificationsTo borrow a phrase from one of my internet heroes: “Everybody smokes their own crack”. Obviously, we’re biased but we think we have a winning team at ALEC. Here’s why. We are… Small, agile, and continuously improving our delivery content. Experienced and qualified academically, but practically focused due to the often “hands on” requirements of…