Tag: Edtech

Sign up to Pathways Awarua now…!

Jul 10, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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One of the best kept secrets in tertiary training in New Zealand is Pathways Awarua. It’s not really a secret, but up until recently, this has only been available to tutors and trainers. From now, however, this great suite of teaching and learning tools is available to everyone. Well, to Kiwis anyway. Check out the cool…
The Rise of The Educator Entrepreneur

Jan 13, 2015

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Graeme Smith

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Education is a tough business to work in. That holds true if you are a tutor, trainer, an educator of some kind, or a business owner. Or all of the above like me. I think a lot about what I need to do to survive and thrive in the rapidly changing educational landscape. The answer,…
MOOC 2.0 – What could Salman Khan do to make online learning even better?

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2.0, ALEC, Edtech, Education, embedded, embedding, imrpove, Kha, Khan Academy, make better, MOOC, MOOC 2.0, Numeracy, NZ, online, Pathways Awarua, Salman Khan

You’ve got to be careful looking for photos of Sal Khan online… There’s a Bollywood star by the same name so it could get confusing… Anyway: Back to this riff about how to improve online learning and in particular MOOCs. A MOOC is a Massively Open Online Course if you don’t know, and has become…
MOOC 2.0 – Why the future of online learning is about embedding foundational literacy, numeracy, and learning-to-learn skills

Sep 29, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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If you work in education or you’re just interested in education you’ve probably been following the developments of MOOCs – Massively Open Online Courses. Debate around the MOOCs tends to be polarised. I’m always interested in anything in education that creates such strong emotional responses regardless of which side of the fence you tend to sit…
Don’t be spooked by the MOOC – Podcast

Jul 24, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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As software eats education, education companies will become media companies… but what about teachers?

May 8, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Disruption, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications

I’d love to claim this as an original thought, but it’s not. Well, really it’s a combination of several other people’s original thoughts. So here’s my semi-original thought for the day in the midst of all my work on our quality management system: As software eats education, education and training providers will become more like media…
ALEC Processes Section 6: Work Systems

May 7, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 21204, ALEC, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Process, Process mapping, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications

Here’s my section 6 update on work systems. Like the others, these are a description of what actually happens (most of the time anyway…)
ALEC Processes: Section 1 – Leadership

May 6, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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I’ve been using this software called LucidChart to update and map all of the processes that we have at ALEC. Here’s the first couple of flowcharts from the ALEC Processes section of our QMS. They’re in draft form as I work my way through everything. Comments welcome… Cheers
Section 1: ALEC Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review Summary

May 5, 2014

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Graeme Smith

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Since I posted our revised ALEC Policies the other day and the introduction to our ALEC Organisational Self Assessment and Internal Review Summary I thought I probably don’t have much to lose to post the rest of it. Here’s part 1. Parts 2 – 6 to follow shortly. Please comment. It shows stakeholder engagement… You’ll have…
ALEC Policies: An Update and Review

May 1, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Policy, Professional Development, QMS, Qualifications, Uncategorized

I’ve got my head stuck in our QMS at the moment… Right now I’m trolling through all of ALEC’s Policies at the moment as part of our preparation for the upcoming NZQA mandated External Evaluation and Review (EER) which is happening to us later in the year. I’m much clearer this time around on the difference…