Tag: decision

How Should I Decide…?

Apr 23, 2016

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Graeme Smith

in Design, Design Principles, Uncategorized

Here’s something else that I’ve been thinking about recently: What criteria should I use to make decisions? It’s easy to say yes to things. But it’s much harder to say no. Recently, I’ve compiled and collected several decision-making heuristics. A heuristic is like a mental shortcut. A tool for helping to make quick decisions. They don’t…
How do you feel about data-driven decision making in education?

Jan 28, 2015

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by

Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, Adult, Adults, ALEC, data driven, Decisions, Deliver, Design, Embed, Embed literacy and numeracy, Evaluation, Foundation, Improve learning, Improve teaching practice, Knowing what to do, learner, Learners, Learning, Learning Outcomes

Our education system is built around outcomes. This is a good thing. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: You work out what kind of outcome you want to see, hopefully check to see what your learners already know and can do, you might find or develop some resources, then you do some teaching, your…