A new national vocational learning strategy. What could a Te Pūkenga Ako Strategy look like?
Te Pūkenga (https://tepūkenga.ac.nz), the centralised vocational tertiary organisation in New Zealand created in the last two years, represents an exciting
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Blended by us or differentiated by learners: the future of courseware design
Ten years ago, in 2011, I wrote a blog entitled ‘there’s no such things as blended learning’, which essentially suggested
Why is adaptive learning not personalised learning
Lots of blogs are declaring the ‘new’ trends in e-learning for 2022. There is nothing truly new in most of
Why there is no place for self-directed learning in formal and non-formal education
I have a problem with the use of the term ‘self-directed learning’. Or more precisely, the misuse of the term,
What are the four key skills required of learning designers or instructional designers?
Let’s talk about the skills required of learning designers, or instructional designers. Context makes all the difference. Learning design in
How is leadership in higher education responding to changing notions of autonomy and accountability?
With the disruption to delivery models, timetables, and staff and student expectations in the last 18 months some institutions are struggling to maintain their faculty’s motivation and commitment. Some are wrestling with changing notions of autonomy and accountability.
University Learning and Teaching Strategies Post-Covid
One characteristic of a four to five year Learning and Teaching Strategy (LTS) is that it should require a complete