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Digital badges – Part 2: Earning your first badge

Jan 15, 2018

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in Adult Learning, Digital Badges, Learning, micro-credentials, Online learning, Uncategorized

If you’ve set up a Mozilla Backpack account already (see my last post for instructions), then you can have a go at earning your first digital badge. This is what I did first. Click here to earn the Navigator badge. Note: You won’t receive the badge if you don’t have the backpack account already set…

Digital badges – Part 1: Getting started

Jan 15, 2018

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Graeme Smith

in Adult Learning, Digital Badges, Learning, micro-credentials, Online learning, Uncategorized

One of my goals at the moment is to explore the world of digital badging and micro-credentials. Digital badges are: a validated indicator of accomplishment, skill, quality or interest that can be earned in various learning environments. If you’re interested you can follow along as well. Here is how I made a start: Checked out the home…

Job Posting – Literacy and Numeracy Facilitator

Oct 4, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in I want a new job, Job, Job Board, Job Profiles, Jobs, Uncategorized

Occasionally, I post or repost jobs relating to the adult literacy and numeracy education sector. Here’s a good one. My friends at The Learning Wave are looking for LN Facilitators. They’re a great bunch to work for. I know as I’ve worked with them on the professional development side of things for just a little…

AFTER: Guidance for Supervisor or Verifier Comments

Jul 14, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now, Uncategorized

Read this if You are acting as supervisor or verifier for someone who is completing their NZCALNE (Voc) qualification. You need to sign off on the final piece of work that one of your tutors is about to hand it before completing the NZCALNE (Voc). Download the guidance for supervisors or verifiers This is all…

How do I enrol in TEACH BETTER NOW…? How do I enrol in the NZCALNE (Voc)…?

Jul 11, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), professional, Professional Development, Professional standards, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now

If you are teaching foundation education at any level, you need to be qualified and on a continuing professional development journey. You need to start this journey through the Teach Better Now programme available on Pathways Awarua. At the heart of this is the new New Zealand Certificate in Adult Literacy and Numeracy Education (Vocational/Workplace)…

Teach better now – Where’s the new content for Assessment 7 of the NZCALNE (Voc)?

Jul 11, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Foundation, Foundation Learning, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Professional standards, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now

Kia ora and welcome to Collection 7 If you’re reading this then you are up to Assessment 7 in the new and improved NZCALNE (Voc). That means you are up to the final assessment task in the programme…! This next part is about assessing learner progress, reviewing your teaching and working out the next steps.…

AFTER: What are the reflection and review questions?

Jul 10, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now

You’ll find the reflection and review questions to finish off this part of the programme below. Your answers are your own evaluation of what you’ve done and how effective it was. You can download the questions here in a form that you can print out and write on if you want to take notes. Otherwise,…

AFTER: How do I review my teaching and reflect on the next steps?

Jul 10, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, teach, Teach better, Teach Better Now

It’s time for some R&R. For us, that means to review and reflection. This is the last thing. You have to think about what you’ve done in this programme and reflect on different parts of it. You don’t need to be doing advanced academic qualifications or read a lot of research to be a reflective teacher.…

AFTER: Can you remind me what evaluation evidence I need to supply for the NZCALNE (Voc)?

Jul 10, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Teach better, Teach Better Now

Let’s pause for a moment and take stock of what you should be collecting as evaluation evidence for Assessment 7 of the NZCALNE (Voc). You still have to do your own final review, but by now you should have collected two kinds of evaluation evidence. One lot of evidence is from your learner and takes…

AFTER: Why do I have to involve my boss in the evaluation?

Jul 4, 2017

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Graeme Smith

in ALEC, Education, Embed literacy and numeracy, Embed numeracy, Embedded numeracy, Embedding numeracy, Literacy and Numeracy, NZCALNE, NZCALNE (Voc), Professional Development, Teach better, Teach Better Now

Collaborating with your boss or supervisor to review your teaching delivery is one of the requirements of the NZCALNE (Voc). It’s also good teaching practice. We can’t sign off on the whole qualification unless we have some evidence of this. For our purposes, a supervisor may include any of the following: Your direct manager or…

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