Category: Assessment
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Assessment 4 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Knowing the learner and diagnostic assessment: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, 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 indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Professional Development, QualificationsHere’s some info on Assessment Task 4. Again, there’s nothing here that’s not in the study materials or on Pathways Awarua. Hope it’s useful.
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Assessment 3 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Mapping training demands: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALNE, NZQA, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, podcast, ResourcesHere’s all you need to know with regards to Assessment three of the NCALNE (Voc). Of course, don’t forget to refer to what’s in Module 3 and Assessment 3 in Pathways Awarua and any of our other material.
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Assessment 2 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Maori Literacy and Numeracy: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in Assessment, Complete NCALNE, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, New Zealand Context, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, podcastHere’s some more to get you going on Assessment 2 for your NCALNE (Voc). Make sure you check out the online course in Pathways Awarua as well.
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How can I register as an educator on Pathways Awarua so I can access the NCALNE (Voc) professional development for free?
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in ALEC, Assessment, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, 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, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, Qualifications, TechnologyGood question… I’m glad you asked… You can sign up for free to access all of the content and some of the assessments for the National Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace). This qualification, otherwise known as the NCALNE (Voc) will soon be the compulsory minimum standard for anyone delivering training at levels…
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Dealing with tutor churn in tertiary organisations: What we need is new business models…
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in ALEC, Assessment, Business improvement, Business model generation, Collaboration, Design, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, Self development, Teaching philosophy, Technology, workColleague and fellow education blogger Damon Whitten posted a great analysis of what is possibly one of the key issues facing foundation level tertiary education: the churn factor. I wrote a brief summary here. In short, lots of tutors leave their jobs (and possibly their teaching careers) before they have a chance to really come to grips with…
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Churn: Dealing with the chronic turnover of tutors and trainers in the education sector
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in ALEC, Assessment, Business improvement, Business model generation, Coaching, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Economy, Edtech, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Lifestyle, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mandatory review, Mastery, Meaning, MOOC, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, PhD, Productivity, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, Rules, Self development, Teaching philosophy, Technology, workThe tutors are revolting…! Well.. they’re not actually revolting, but they do keep leaving. This is a major problem for the tertiary education sector including private and public. Maths and education blogger Damon Whitten has absolutely nailed this issue in his most recent post. Here’s the skinny: There are some great things happening in the entry levels…
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Designing embedded literacy project work for independent learning – revised structure
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Design, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Reading, Reading comprehension, Text, Tutor, Tutor Profile, WritingYesterday, I outlined my rough ideas for a generic integrated project template that would bring together unit standards 26622 and 26624 with some kind of narrowly focused content. The purpose is to design an independent learning project template that would help tutors and learners (and in my case home school parents and older home school…
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Designing embedded literacy project work for independent learning – the rough idea
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Creativity, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Text, Vocabulary, WritingI’ve got this idea for integrating the assessment requirements for the 10 credits worth of literacy unit standards together with highly focused topics or content in an inquiry project that learners can complete (mostly) independently. The three unit standards are: Unit Standard 26622: Write to communicate ideas for a purpose and audience (Level 1, Credits…
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How to not suck at powerpoint, keynote or any slideshow? Follow this 1 rule
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in Anxiety caused by learning, Assessment, Conferences, Creativity, Design, Education delivery model, Educator’s Journey, Facilitator, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Mastery, Personal approach, Personal development, Productivity, Professional DevelopmentFight against documents pretending to be powerpoint slides This is a personal peeve of mine… And I know I’m guilty of breaking this rule. However, I see such badly put together slideshows sometimes that I feel I have to take a public stand. And this is especially the case because I work in education, and…
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How can we open source our training and still make money working in education?
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in 2015, 21204, ako, ALEC, Assessment, Business improvement, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Creativity, Design, 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, Facilitator, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Flipped, Hacking, Improve teaching practice, Lean education, Lean literacy, lean methodology, Lean startup, Lean thinking, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Metaphors, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Software, TEC, TechnologyIt’s a good question… and one that is constantly in my mind as the owner of a small niche education business in a very small country. I’m not sure I’ve got the answer, but this is how I see the way forward at the moment. What I’m describing below is a process that for us…