Category: Assessment
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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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NZDipALN Module 1 Content – Anxiety Caused by Learning including Maths Anxiety
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Coaching, Complete NCALNE, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Map the numeracy demands, Maths, Maths Anxiety, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, stressAnxiety caused by learning What is stress or anxiety caused by learning? For many of our learners, and perhaps for us as well, learning often causes stress and anxiety. This anxiety can get in the way of learning. The anxiety that many adult learners feel is rooted in fear. This could include: The fear of…
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Get the new NZ Diploma in Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN) for FREE…!
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in ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALNE, 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, Free, Improve teaching practice, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Software, Teaching philosophy, TEC, TutorWell not totally for free… it’s a competition. Here’s the deal: I want to crowdsource some of the content for our new NZDipALN. This is a professional qualification for adult educators particularly working in trades or vocational training. The emphasis is on strengthening adult literacy and numeracy in Aotearoa New Zealand, but I think much…
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NZDipALN: Assessment Task 1 – Develop a Personal Approach to Strengthening Adult LN
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in ALEC, Assessment, Business model generation, Design, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Export Education, Improve teaching practice, International education, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Mastery, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Self development, Teaching philosophy, TechnologyHere’s the second draft of the first assessment task for our new New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy and Numeracy. The plan is that this will be part of an online and open education course through the PathwaysAwarua.com platform. You’ll still have to pay for assessment and credentials, but the information and training component will be…
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Diploma Brainstorming: Describing your personal approach to embedding or contextualising literacy and numeracy
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Business improvement, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, email, 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, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Professional Development, Qualifications, Software, TEC, Technology, Tutor, Tutor ProfileThis is possibly the first assessment task – or part of the first assessment task – in the Level 6 Diploma of Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education. The name of this qualification is going to change shortly, but we’ll leave that for now: Part 1 Describe your personal philosophy of teaching adult literacy and numeracy: Write…
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And another ALEC All-star graduate embedding literacy and numeracy into building and painting in the prison system
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, 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, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Tutor, Tutor ProfileThis another of our NCALNE (Voc) graduates discussing how he embeds literacy and numeracy into pre-trade building training. Great to hear the prisoners’ voices as well here. If you need further evidence that embedding literacy and numeracy into trades really works, then look no further. Of course, it certainly helps when the tutors and the…
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New Zealand Diploma of Adult Literacy & Numeracy (NZDipALN): The ALEC Model
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Business model generation, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Design, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, 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, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Productivity, Professional Development, Qualifications, Resources, Tutor, Tutor Profile, UncategorizedOnce again… I’ve started work on the Diploma. This is like about the 5th time I’ve had a go at writing this thing and hopefully, this time I’ll finish it. Actually, this time it should be more of a collaboration, but more on that in a future post. What I wanted to establish here is…
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ALEC graduates Embedding Literacy and Numeracy into Agriculture and Horticulture with the Department of Corrections
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Department of Corrections, Diagnostic, DipALNE, Diploma, 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, 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 and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, NZCALN, NZDALN, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Prison literacy, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Tutor, Tutor Profile, VideoVery proud…! These are some of our graduates. They completed the NCALNE (Voc) with ALEC and are now embedding literacy and numeracy into their trades training with prisoners. Here you can see them talking about how they embed literacy and numeracy into agriculture and horticulture. Well done…!
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NZQA Review of Adult and Tertiary Teaching Qualifications (including NCALNE) Update
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Compliance, Design, DipALNE, Edtech, Education, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, 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, Mandatory review, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZDALN, NZQA, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehensionFor those of you tracking these changes or just interested. The NZQA governance group has just published their first discussion document and minutes. You can access it on the NZQA website here. I’ll post further comments when I’ve had a chance to digest it carefully. However, for now: It looks like the NCALNE (Voc) Qualification…
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New TEC Publication: Adult Literacy & Numeracy: An Overview of the Evidence
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in 21204, ALEC, Assessment, Book review, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, DipALNE, Diploma, Edtech, Education, 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 Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Numeracy, Numeracy Indicators, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, TECThe Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) have released a new summary of the available evidence on adult literacy and numeracy. It’s kind of a meta-review – a summary of a lot of other literature reviews, but it’s quite brief and worth a look if you’re interested in this kind of thing. They’re not going to print…