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Evidence-based practice

Evidence-based practice

Annotated bibliographies are things of beauty for anyone undertaking scholarly works. The Science of Learning – brought to you by the Deans for Impact, this short fact-filled document provides not only a summary of recent (to 2015) research in cognitive science but also packages it around six key questions all educators will find useful. They even pooh pooh some common misconceptions about how students learn and think, including the oft-cited ‘students have different learning styles’ trope. Should you add a talking head…

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Curriculum design for online delivery – the social and teaching presences

Curriculum design for online delivery – the social and teaching presences

One of my favourite models for e-learning design is the ‘Community of Inquiry’ (Garrison et al. 2007), because it emphasises the importance of nurturing the social and teaching presences as well as the cognitive presence in the educational experience. This is in danger of being neglected when curriculum design goes online. Online discussions – great video from CoFA Online with experts sharing their tips for nurturing online discussions. The CSU online learning model – Great information for improving online engagement. They also have…

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