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I shall call him… Mini-MOOC – ALEC, Pathways Awarua and the great unbundling of education

Jul 25, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Don’t be spooked by the MOOC – Podcast

Jul 24, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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How can we open source our training and still make money working in education?

Jul 22, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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It’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…
Free prize inside (if you come to my workshop on Thursday at the LN Symposium)

Jul 7, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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This is a limited edition set of photo-cards that we made up a few years ago. I had them reprinted recently and I’ve got a bunch to give away on Wednesday and Thursday. It’s unlikely that we’ll reprint these again. It’s small image on your screen, but each card is the size of a regular…
Don’t be Spooked by the MOOC – Handout 3: Talking about the new ALNE qualifications

Jul 5, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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At some stage in my workshop next week I’d like to give people a chance to talk about the similarities and differences between the old and new versions of the ALNE qualifications. Or at least, I’d like just a chance to talk about how the new versions of the two qualifications that interest me might…
Don’t be Spooked by the MOOC – Handout 2: NCALNE Assessment Pathway

Jul 4, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Just a couple of screenshots here… The first two below show you what the NCALNE Assessment Pathway looks like. In the first one you can see the content modules on the top. Underneath are the Assessment Pathways. You’ll notice that the first two Assessments are unlocked. Assessments 3 through to 7 are locked. You can…
Don’t be SPOOKED by the MOOC – Planning my Presentation…

Jul 3, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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That’s the title of my presentation happening next week on Thursday. I’ve got a bit of an outline, but I’m still in the process of working out what I want to talk about. Here’s the basic idea. Launch the NCALNE (Voc) Assessment Pathway. That’s our MOOC. It’s available via Pathways Awarua if you sign up as…
Day of the MOOC

Jul 3, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’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…
Please support the new Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education qualifications

Jun 27, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Well… they’re out for consultation. Here’s the breakdown from the NZQA website. This is just out and it’s now in the public domain for consultation. Key points first: Please support the need for three distinct ALNE qualifications. These are the 40 credit NZCALNE (Voc) which replaces the NCALNE (Voc). the 80 credit NZCALNE (Ed) which replaces…
How to write a report in a few simple steps (or at least what works for me)

Jun 18, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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We had our NZQA external evaluation and review the other day. I’m still feeling exhausted. I think it went OK, but following comments from the reviewers, one of the things I need to do is update the report writing aspect of my course. I’ve been putting this off as it’s all going to change shortly…