Wiki sobre la competencia digital A raíz de una propuesta sobre la competencia digital, publicada anteriormente, Jordi Adell sugirió hacer mejoras al documento inicial en una Wiki. Ese espacio ya existe en la dirección: Como allí se cuenta, pretende ser un punto de encuentro entre aquellas personas interesadas en desarrollar una visión compartida de las competencias digitales en el contexto de la educación obligatoria primaria y secundaria (6 a 16 años). Así pues, os invito a todos a participar en la mejora y desarrollo de un marco para la competencia digital en las escuelas. Propuesta 1. Propuesta 2: Juego exploratorio (jugadores avanzados)Plantea actividades globales que incorporen diferentes dimensiones de la competencia digital. Propuesta 3. Naturalmente la Wiki puede crecer en páginas hacia donde mejor os parezca: la competencia digital en los docentes, la competencia digital y las otras competencias, la incompetencia digital de..., etc. A todos, muchas gracias!
Task-based Language Teaching What is task-based language teaching (TBLT)? Task-based learning focuses on the use of authentic language through meaningful tasks such as visiting the doctor or a telephone call. This method encourages meaningful communication and is student-centred. Characteristics: Students are encouraged to use language creatively and spontaneously through tasks and problem solving Students focus on a relationship that is comparable to real world activities The conveyance of some sort of meaning is central to this method Assessment is primarily based on task outcome TBLT is student-centered Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) is the latest trend in SLL approaches. back to top What are the student and teacher roles in TBLT? What are some examples of tasks that can be used in the classroom? Write the past tense form of these verbs: go, is, are, do, have, work, study, buy, pick, make, put, read. Grammar Activity Now think of four things you did yesterday. Communicative activity
10 Free Online Resources for Science Teachers One of the greatest ways technology can empower teachers is by helping them demonstrate concepts and by making it easier for students to learn through their own exploration and experimentation. Because science teachers are often called upon to teach topics that are too large, too small, happen too fast, happen too slowly, require equipment that is too expensive, or has the potential to blow up a laboratory, the Internet can be particularly helpful in assisting them convey a concept. Universities, non-profit organizations and scientists with free time have put an overwhelming number of resources for teaching science on the web. These are nine of our favorites. 1. A group of scientists based at the University of Nottingham added some character to the static periodic table of elements by creating a short video for each one. The group also puts out a non-YouTube version of the site for schools that have blocked the site. 2. 3. Stellarium is a planetarium for your computer. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
BioMed Central Blog Thursday 10 April saw the publication of the Cochrane systematic review on oseltamivir and zanamivir, or Tamiflu (Roche) and Relenza (GlaxoSmithKline) to give them their better-known trade names. In short, the review found that Tamiflu doesn’t work quite as well as we thought; a finding that is the culmination of a four-and-a-half year battle for access to the raw data from the clinical trials. The authors – Jefferson, Heneghan and colleagues – uncovered what they characterized as ‘multisystem failure’, with poorly-defined endpoints and confusion as to the authorship and contribution of the clinical trials. They also found that all studies were conducted against placebo, rather than against current best practice. Read more Scientific journal publishing has undergone significant changes in the last couple of decades with the digital revolution and the rise of open access journals. John Bohannon’s sting published in Science, the rise in retractions and disillusionment with the … Read more
The political consequences of academic paywalls - Opinion The suicide of Aaron Swartz, the activist committed to making scholarly research accessible to everyone, has renewed debate about the ethics of academic publishing. Under the current system, academic research is housed in scholarly databases, which charge as much as $50 per article to those without a university affiliation. The only people who profit from this system are academic publishers. Scholars receive no money from the sale of their articles, and are marginalized by a public who cannot afford to read their work. Ordinary people are denied access to information and prohibited from engaging in scholarly debate. Academic paywalls are often presented as a moral or financial issue. The impact of the paywall is most significant in places where censorship and propaganda reign. Publishing as a means to freedom At the time my article was published, hundreds of Uzbeks had fled across the border to Kyrgyzstan, from where they were relocated as refugees to Western states.
Euro Meduc 32 Characteristics Of High-Performing Classrooms 32 Characteristics Of High-Performing Classrooms: Spotting The Holes In Your Teaching by Terry Heick Instructional design is the strategic creation of learning experiences through intentional planning, sequencing, and data-based revision of learning. This process includes both the ways content is accessed, and the learning needs and objectives (and how they are determined) themselves. This puts instructional strategies, literacy strategies, curriculum mapping, standards unpacking, assessment design, digital literacy, and a dozen other facets of education beneath its umbrella. With that in mind, we’ve created the following 32 characteristics of higher-level instructional planning to help you spot the holes in your teaching. Technology Integration Cognitive Demand Lesson Planning Assessments Curriculum Mapping Learner Choice Classroom Management Student Support Image attribution flickr user flickeringbrad; 32 Characteristics Of A High-Performing Classroom
6 Free Websites for Learning and Teaching Science From robotics to space research, from physics to computer science, the Internet is a vast trove of information about the sciences. Resources such as Wikipedia (and its easy-on-younger-minds counterpart, Simple English Wikipedia) and online video make the process of learning about and teaching science subjects much easier than ever before. Rather than resorting to yet another 600-page textbook, next time you're hard up for understanding or inspiration, check out one of these six websites that offer information on the sciences. And particularly if you're a scientist or educator yourself, let us know in the comments where you hang out online to learn about and discuss your favorite science topics. 1. Scitable If genetics and evolution are of interest to you, Scitable is a must-see resource. Must-See Page: Student Voices, a blog about science by students, for students. 2. iTunes U Cool Fact: "This immense machine will recreate, on a tiny scale, conditions that existed just after the Big Bang.
PhysMath Central Blog Regular visitors to the PhysMath Central site will have noticed that, following the pdf redesign at the start of this year, the online journal and article pages have also recently had an overhaul. See for yourself below and let us know what you think. The final stage of our redesign, the top level portal pages, will be happening later this summer. So I’m a bit late coming to this, but this is cool nonetheless. Peter Jacobs of Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and the ALICE experiment at the the LHC at CERN, describes the real physics behind FlashFoward, the novel and TV series gripping nerds across the world! Hi all, We’ll be coming to the annual Biophysical Society meeting in San Francisco this weekend. We hope to see you there! Chris, Sally & HarpreetPhysMath Central The authors, Franck Laloë and Remy Mosseri, tackle some the assumptions made in the bibliometry game and come out with a few startling suggestions for how to maximize your own h-index. Read more Read more
The neoliberal assault on academia - Opinion The New York Times, Slate and Al Jazeera have recently drawn attention to the adjunctification of the professoriate in the US. Only 24 per cent of the academic workforce are now tenured or tenure-track. Much of the coverage has focused on the sub-poverty wages of adjunct faculty, their lack of job security and the growing legions of unemployed and under-employed PhDs. Elsewhere, the focus has been on web-based learning and the massive open online courses (MOOCs), with some commentators celebrating and others lamenting their arrival. The two developments are not unrelated. Harvard recently asked its alumni to volunteer their time as "online mentors" and "discussion group managers" for an online course. Lost amid the fetishisation of information technology and the pathos of the struggle over proper working conditions for adjunct faculty is the deeper crisis of the academic profession occasioned by neoliberalism. Thatcherite budget-cutting exercise Neoliberal assault on the universities
Blog Archive » Pivote. Un entorno abierto para el aprendizaje en Inicio » e-learning 1.072 views (1 votes, average: 4,00 out of 5) Loading ... “PIVOTE is an open-source authoring system for learning in virtual worlds. PIVOTE lets you: * Create learning exercises on the web using a simple forms based interface * Create objects in a virtual world such as Second Life which users can use to interact with the exercise * Play the exercise in Second Life, Open Sim, or on the web or even an iPhone. * Port exercises between virtual worlds * Share PIVOTE compatible objects between exercises and institutions * Rapidly edit exercises to create variations, or custom versions for different skill levels * Export student performance data for us in VLEs” Inicialmente previsto para el aprendizaje virtual de estudiantes de enfermería de St George’s Hospital y Kingston University, el proyecto está basado en OpenSIM (plataforma de código abierto, que permite la creación de mundos virtuales). Documentación Pivote ¿Quién dijo que los entornos virtuales ya no estaban de moda?
Planet News | Knowledge Media Institute | The Open University Teresa Connolly, Tuesday 31 January 2012 Teresa Connolly recently delivered two workshops at an Open Education Resources (OER) event in Leicester for the National Institute for Adult and Continuing Education (NIACE): "Open Educational Practice - making best use of free resources". Attendees soon became immersed in the imaginary world of OERopoly, a game that raises awareness about OER and encourages collaborative learning. In the spirit of openness some of the participants requested copies of the board game and associated project cards in order that they might replicate their enjoyable experience with their own colleagues and students elsewhere in the UK. This is the seventh occasion at which OERopoly has been used in this way. Previous events have included workshops at the OpenEd '10 conference in Barcelona, the OER '11 conference in Manchester, and the Open CourseWare Consortium international OCWC '11 conference in Boston. Related Links: « previous story | next story »