Category: Learning Outcomes
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Using teaching strategies (also known as instructional strategies) with embedded literacy and numeracy teaching
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in 2.0, Activities, Adult, ALEC, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, Instructional, Instructional Strategies, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Learning Strategies, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, StrategiesSometimes people in the education world talk about using teaching strategies… or in slightly fancier language, instructional strategies. This terminology can be confusing for a couple of reasons. One is that if you google the terms (most people’s first port of call these days), you’re likely to find everything from cooperative learning to discussion-based activities…
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How to learn anything: Part 1
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in 2.0, Adult, ALEC, comprehension, Education, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, Improving learner writing, Learn anything, learner, Learners, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Personal approach, Personal development, Professional Development, progress, Qualifications, Reading, Reading comprehension, Self development, Technology, TheoryLet’s face it. Learning stuff can be hard. It’s not easy to go through a new learning curve for new content that you need for work, study, or even just for a hobby. However, what if it was possible for you to learn anything? Find an expert right? Get a teacher or a tutor? Join…
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How do I get started on Assessment 5 of the NCALNE (Voc) and demonstrating that I’m actually embedding literacy and numeracy into my training?
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, Adult, ALEC, ALNE, Assessment, Assessment 5, Complete NCALNE, Design, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALE, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, How do I get started, Knowing what to do, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maths, Meaning, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, National register, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Numeracy activity, NZ, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Practitioners, Professional Development, Reading, Reading comprehension, Resources, Self development, Speaking, Trainer, Training, Tutor, Vocabulary, what is, WritingIf you’re up to this stage, you’re actually about, or even over, half way. This section is a big chunk… but it’s also the teaching component of the qualification. Basically, after having mapped the literacy and numeracy demands, and diagnosed your learners literacy and numeracy needs, you actually need to get out there and do some…
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How do you develop embedded numeracy learning outcomes that are relevant to trades tutors?
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in 2.0, 2015, 21204, Activities, ako, ALEC, Area, Assessment, Bloom’s Taxonomy, Complete NCALNE, Creativity, Design, Diagnostic, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, embedded, Embedded numeracy, embedding, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, Graeme Smith, Janet Hogan, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, Low numeracy levels, Map the literacy and numeracy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Measurement, NCALNE, NCALNE (Ed), NCALNE (Educator), NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NZCALNE (Voc), Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsRecently, we did some work around developing learning outcomes with group that had a lot of painters and plasterers in it. This is a summary of my notes relating to how, as a group, we developed a draft learning outcome for an embedded approach to some very specific numeracy skills around measurement and area. We…
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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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Revisiting Literacy and Numeracy Focused Individual Learning Plans (ILPs): Part 1 – Tweaking the Format
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in Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Learning, Learning Outcomes, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, LNPro, NCALNE, Professional Development, QualificationsI’ve been revising my ideas for individual learning plans (ILPs) based on several things: The work I’ve done recently on the online version of our NCALNE (Voc) in Pathways Awarua which updates older templates that I had created; and The need to more closely align learning plans with the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy and Numeracy; plus Some…
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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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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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NCALNE Lite: Now Available Free on PathwaysAwarua.com
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in 21204, ALEC, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Improve teaching practice, Learning Outcomes, Learning Progressions, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Maori Literacy, Map the literacy demands, Map the numeracy demands, Mapping, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, QualificationsThe new NCALNE Lite programme by ALEC is now available free on www.PathwaysAwarua.com. This interactive online professional development pathway is for tutors and trainers delivering trades or vocational training at levels 1 – 3 on the NZQA framework. For tutors: this is the way that you will significantly shift your professional practice towards a practical approach…