Category: Improve learning
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How To Check Understanding: The Secret Step-By-Step Guide To Hacking Reading and Listening Comprehension in 18 Achievable Ways for Course Writers
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in Education, Adult Learning, Amazon Book, Autonomous learning, banned books, Book review, Books, eBook, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Learning Outcomes, learning plans, Learning Progressions, Learning Strategies, Online learning, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, You can teach betterHow To Check Understanding: The Secret Step-By-Step Guide To Hacking Reading and Listening Comprehension for Course Writers
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What is Learner-Centred Teaching? 4 Simple Things You Need to Know to Improve Your Teaching
The notion of the learner-centred teaching approach is not new. In fact, it has existed in one form or another for many millennia. For example, Plato’s Academy and Aristotle’s Lyceum were both examples of learner-centred institutions dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge.
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Free Writing: 2 Ways You Can Use It to Supercharge Your Writing
Free Writing: 2 Ways You Can Use It to Supercharge Your Writing. Learn how to use free writing to improve your writing skills.
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How do I get started writing better long-form content?
Tweets are fine, but really what people want is long-form content. By that I mean, well-written and interesting articles, essays and blog posts that really dig down into issues and content. But how are YOU going to get started writing great long-form content?
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How can I use Zoom for teaching online during the lockdown but make it more interactive? 9 instantly achievable ideas
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in Education, Adult Learning, Anxiety caused by learning, Autonomous learning, Coronavirus, COVID, Education delivery model, Education resources, Executive Education, Foundation Learning, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, inform teaching, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Learning Outcomes, learning plans, Learning Progressions, Learning Strategies, online, Online learning, Pandemic, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach better, ZoomHave you been wondering how you can use Zoom for teaching during the lockdown? So have I. Here are some of the things that I’ve used that work.
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Long-form writing is a craft and you need a mini-apprenticeship
Long-form writing is a craft… and you need a mini-apprenticeship. You also need a system. I can show you how to create your own DIY mini-apprenticeship using my system
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What is the Way of the Apprentice?
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, craft, craftmanship, Education, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, Leathercraft, Mastery, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterWhat is the Way of the Apprenticeship? Read on to find out more about craft and craftsmanship and the workshop.
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The Workshop Has Always Been the Craftsman’s Home
The other day, I was talking about the fact that you often need to have something like a workshop – or a studio or a laboratory – in place before you really get serious about that hobby, side-hustle or passion project you’ve been thinking about for so long. I said that a workshop can be…
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Why You Need A Workshop… Even a portable one
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in Adult Learning, Aion, Aion Con, Aion Media, AionCon, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Lean education, Learning, Learning Strategies, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterRecently, I spoke at #AionCon 2020 on the subject of craftsmanship. This is something that I’ve written about in the Aion newsletter and in my eBook subtitled “The Way of the Craftsman”. One of the things that I wanted to explore in more detail is the idea of the workshop. As a craftsman – and…
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Homeschooling won’t save your kids
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in Anxiety caused by learning, Children, Education, Education delivery model, educator, Educator’s Journey, Home, Homeschool, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, inform teaching, Kids, Knowing the learner, Learn anything, learner, Learner Centred, Learner success, Learners, Learning, school, Should we teach, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, teacher, Teachers, teaching, Teaching philosophy, You can teach betterThinking about homeschooling? You should read this first.