Category: Tutor
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Assessment 7 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Evaluating your embedded LN project: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in ALEC, Assessment, Complete NCALNE, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Evaluation, Finish NCALNE, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy Numeracy Pro, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, MOOC, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZDALNE, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Professional Development, Qualifications, Reading comprehension, Resources, Tutor, Tutor ProfileHere’s a short blurb from me on the final assessment task. Congratulations if you’re up to here.
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Assessment 5 of the NCALNE (Voc) – Knowing what to do – Planning and delivering your embedded LN interventions: Talking through the assessment task with Graeme
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in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Coaching, Complete NCALE, Complete NCALNE, Edtech, Education delivery model, Educator’s Journey, ELN Tutor, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Finish NCALNE, MOOC, Online assessment, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, podcast, Professional Development, Qualifications, TutorThis ended up a little longer than I wanted, but it is also the biggest chunk of work in the NCALNE (Voc). Let me know in the comments if anything is not clear.
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Calling all Literacy Numeracy Professionals…
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in ALEC, Business improvement, Business model generation, Compliance, Creativity, Design, 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, Improve teaching practice, Leadership, Literacy and Numeracy, Literacy indicators, Literacy Numeracy Professionals, Literacy Numeracy Symposium, LiteracyNumeracyPro.com, Low literacy levels, Low numeracy levels, Mastery, MOOC, NCALNE, New Zealand Context, Numeracy, Pathways Awarua, Productivity, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, Resources, Self development, Tutor, Tutor Profile, workI’ve been turning this over in my mind for a while… I’m not sure whether there are so many opportunities for this, but having worked in such a narrow area of education since 2007 I feel that I’ve now got a fairly sharp lens through which to analyse certain kinds of training. This is particularly…
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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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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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Free prize inside (if you come to my workshop on Thursday at the LN Symposium)
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in ako, ALEC, Education, Education resources, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Indigenous education, indigenous pedagogy, Maori Literacy, Maori literacy initiatives, Maori literacy numeracy initiatives, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, Professional Development, TEC, tuakana-teina, Tutor, Whare TapawhaThis 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…
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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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Please support the new Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education qualifications
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in 21204, ALEC, Compliance, 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, Indigenous education, indigenous pedagogy, International education, 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, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, New Zealand Context, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, Personal development, Professional Development, Qualifications, TEC, Theory, Tutor, Tutor ProfileWell… 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…
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What is a cognitive approach to teaching adult literacy and numeracy?
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in 21204, ALEC, Cognitive, cognitive approach, Edtech, Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, 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, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NCALNE Lite, NCLANA, NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZDALN, NZQA, Online assessment, Online learning, Pathways, Pathways Awarua, TutorA cognitive approach to adult literacy and numeracy is simply one with a focus on the internal processes and connections that take place in someone’s mind when they are learning. Cognitive approaches to learning are sometimes contrasted with behaviourism which focuses on observable physical behaviours. A cognitive approach to adult literacy and numeracy is one in…