Category: Education delivery model
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Keep calm and reduce churn: What will the new education business models look like?
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in ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Churn, Coaching, Compliance, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, 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, Mastery, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, Teaching philosophy, Technology, Tutor, Tutor Profile, workEducation researcher and blogger Damon Whitten posted an excellent analysis of the reasons for tutor churn in the tertiary sector on his blog the other day. When I read it, something went ping in my brain. I couldn’t stop thinking about it. I posted an immediate summary here and then an extended rant about the topic here. Each time…
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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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Guidelines for choosing reading texts at step 4 and above for embedded literacy projects at NCEA Level 1
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in 21204, ALEC, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Complete NCALNE, Design, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALNE, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Learning Progressions, 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, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Resources, Text, Tutor, Tutor Profile, WritingThese guidelines relate to my ideas on developing a generic template for embedded literacy project work to develop independent learning skills in more advanced literacy learners. My rough ideas are here and I revised the structure here. Outlined below are guidelines for tutors or others who might be involved in selecting texts for this kind…
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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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Changing the world with literacy and numeracy: This guy’s $25 education start up is now building a new school every 90 hours
This is literacy and numeracy literally changing the world… the developing world. They are now building a new school every 90 hours.The reason: 250 million primary-aged children lack basic reading writing, and maths skills and these guys intend to do something about it. It takes US$25 to educate a child and US$25,000 to build an…
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I shall call him… Mini-MOOC – ALEC, Pathways Awarua and the great unbundling of education
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