Tag: education providers

The Educator Entrepreneur: Don’t Bring a Whiteboard Marker to a Knife Fight – 17 Prescriptions for a Better Life

Sep 4, 2020

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Graeme Smith

in Education, Education delivery model, Education resources, educator, Educator’s Journey, Executive Education, Export Education, Indigenous education, International education, Lean education, NCALNE (Educator), The rise of the educator-entrepreneur

Education is a tough business to work in. And that’s true if you are a teacher, a trainer, or any kind of specialist educator. Over the years, I’ve thought a lot about how to survive and hopefully thrive in a rapidly changing educational landscape.
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…
7 Trends in education that will disrupt our work as teachers

Jun 9, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, ALEC, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications

From our analysis of education in New Zealand and internationally, as well as from other sources including technological innovation, silicon valley ed-tech and other startups, we see the following as current trends impacting our work: Increased scrutiny around the economics of education: This applies both from the external position of funding agencies like the TEC…
Big changes ahead for adult literacy & numeracy educator qualifications

May 7, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in 2015, 21204, ALEC, DipALNE, Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NCALNE, NCALNE (Voc), NDipALNE, NZCALN, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), NZDALN, NZQA, Professional Development, Qualifications

I’m excited about the fact the the tertiary landscape for adult literacy and numeracy educator qualifications is about to change dramatically. I’ll have more details as we get closer to 2015, but look out for the following: The 40 credit level 5 New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy & Numeracy Education (Vocational) or NZCALNE (Voc)…
The impact of TEC cost recovery: Asking the hard questions

Mar 13, 2014

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Graeme Smith

in Uncategorized

The TEC have recently started doing what they have always said they were going to. Euphemistically entitled “cost recovery”, it means that providers have to pay back the percentage of their contracted outcomes that they didn’t meet. For a few providers this might be a small amount of money, perhaps a few thousand dollars. And…
Free Online Assessment for NCALNE (Voc)

Jul 16, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Free, Literacy and Numeracy, Maori Literacy, NCALNE, Online assessment, Online learning, Professional Development, Qualifications, Uncategorized

Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) or Prior Learning (RPL) Assessment for NCALNE (Voc) If you already have the skills, knowledge, and evidence to prove it, you could gain the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace) quickly. ALEC are offering a free online assessment to determine whether the FastTrack process is for you.…
How we let assessment drive our training

Jun 10, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Maori Literacy, NCALNE, Professional Development, Qualifications

Here’s a snippet from the document I’ve been writing up over the weekend. Below is quite a good short summary of how the training is organized and how the assessment tasks pretty much shape the delivery and everything we do around this. Our training curriculum for the National Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education…
Where to start if you’re developing your awareness of literacy and numeracy initiatives

Jun 4, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Edtech, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, Maori Literacy, NCALNE, Online learning, Professional Development, Qualifications, Technology

If you are in education you are also in the business of literacy and numeracy. And you should have an awareness of key adult literacy and numeracy initiatives that relate to learners in your programme. Initiatives can refer to projects, programmes, and schemes that are designed to increase the literacy and numeracy levels of learners. These…
Kids need teachers because teachers are essential to education

Jun 3, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Economy, Edtech, Education, Kids, Literacy and Numeracy, Online learning, Technology

Kids need teachers, right? So do adult learners, right? Well… what if they didn’t… In New Zealand, current budget reforms mean that schools and training providers are facing tough times due to reduced funding. That means some schools will lose teachers and will need to have larger classes. And the teachers are revolting. I mean,…
EdTech 101: Why I am choosing Pathwright over Udemy

May 22, 2012

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Graeme Smith

in Uncategorized

Here’s what I think: Education is about to undergo the same disruption that print, retail, and other sectors have been dealing with for a couple of years. This disruption means a fundamental shift from face-to-face delivery to online education. Not getting my courses online is not an option. Many education providers won’t survive. Government funding…