The TEL2 module of the SHU course “Technology Enhanced Learning, Innovation and Change” came to an end in January. We were required to write a paper in order to complete the module. Some time later I received my “Overall recommendation to Assessment Board” and gained a “Pass” on my work. Yes! Since I’m trying to [...]
Last year, I had the opportunity to work with a friend/colleague (Bart Boelen) in this Geography project about tourism. We used iPads to get the information across. This year, no iPads… so I had to find a new interactive way to make sure the students were able to independently learn about the touristic qualities of [...]
Yesterday we had a third meeting concerning our project. This time the goal was to demonstrate some apps to give my colleagues an idea of what is possible, enabling them to “translate” the apps to their own courses. I started out with the built-in apps of the iPad, since they are already very useful in [...]
Technology can play a very important role in education. I’ve discussed this on numerous occasions but wanted to take the time to offer an overview of common technological tools, that can assist in different learning processes. We’ve come a long way from the long and hard manual labour that used to be “doing research”. Going [...]
The institute I currently work at, has invested in a learning management system (LMS) called Smartschool, which is used for internal communication, online classes where students can find course materials, assignments, etc. and as a staff server for documents and information. This tool is used on a daily basis by most teachers and students, although it’s [...]
What theories and literature exist that explain, predict, and/or guide the development and use of TELE’s? During the first semester of the TEL-course we talked about several theories concerning learning. All these theories contain very interesting aspects of learning and offer principles to be used when creating a learning environment. I’ve discussed them in my blog [...]
Learning But what is learning? Is it only the gathering of new information? Being able to process it and to do something with it? And what about skills, behaviors, values,… can you learn these things too or is learning restricted to familiar yourself with the contents of books and papers? Many different definitions exist and many [...]
Yes! A second meeting with some highly motivated people! I was looking forward to this one, although life at school was/is pretty hectic, working towards the exams and all, everybody tried to picture a classroom filled with tablets, yet how do we achieve this? We discussed a couple of items: Apps? +250 000 to choose [...]
I assembled a group of people who wanted to think about creating a 1:1 iPad project in our school. The idea is to create a core group to think about the way this is done. What are the benefits of using an iPad? What should we use this device for? How do I integrate this in [...]
Here is my keynote for the ED-ict project module presentation. It’s an overview of the projects I did, which you can also find here.