Designing for learning

‘in the digital world’

Building the Curriculum for Excellence

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Curriculum for Excellence (CfE)

…challenges us to think differently

about the curriculum and it permits to

plan and act in new ways

A Curriculum for Excellence: Building the Curriculum 1 (p1)

Principles of

Curriculum

Design

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Challenge and Enjoyment

Personalisation and Choice

Progression and Depth

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/148632756/

Relevance, coherence, and breadth

http://www.flickr.com/photos/pasotraspaso/10807062366

Learning should be made available in a range of ways including interdisciplinary learning and a range of opportunities which ensure a broad approach, enabling, for example, a coherent understanding of environmental issues

Building the Curriculum 3. (p5)

How can technology help?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dexxus/5003010775

Successful Learners

Confident Individuals

ResponsibleCitizens

Effective Contributors

Curriculum for Excellence 4 capacities

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Learning &

Teaching

Curriculum

Breadth

Progression

Depth

Challenge & enjoyment

Coherence

Relevance

Personalisation & Choice

Assessment

Some thoughts

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Learners create

knowledge

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Learners need to see the whole picture

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Learners are selectively negligent

Learners’ attention is limited

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Learners learn well when they take responsibility for their learning

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Learners have feelings!

Constructive alignment 1 2

1 – learners construct meaning through relevant learning activities -

-> creation (teaching as a catalyst for learning)

2 - what the teacher does to support learning

--> facilitation (of an environment for learning)

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Experiences and

Outcomes

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sheilatostes/664714878/

Placing learning within a practical

context

• Assessment

- gathering

- reflecting on

- evaluating

Evidence of Learning

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How can technology help provide

evidence of learning?

http://mediasmarts.ca/digital-media-literacy-fundamentals/digital-literacy-fundamentals

Technologies provide a place for

Discussion

Validation

Recognition

Citizenship

Information

Creation

Questioning

Empowerment

Collaboration

So going beyond the use of technology

http://www.flickr.com/photos/32511838@N06/4669872860

To promote creative and critical

thinking

What to

consider?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/91903883@N00/2385264019

What do you want learners to

achieve?

What do you want learners to

experience?

In the changing and complex social,

political and moral context of our

society

Need to think interdisciplinary

Need to think beyond our own

experiences

The use of digital technologies in my

discipline is not possible!

… discuss

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Examples from the classroom

“I use twitter as a “recap of the day” and, at the same time, a

chilling out period.”

http://www.anadominguez.org/blog/twitter/

@Anadz

Developing digital

literacies

Sharing!

Documenting!

http://www.anadominguez.org/

Google Lit Trips: bringing stories to life

http://www.googlelittrips.org/ http://youtu.be/dkaQztcVWEA

Storytelling with voicethread

the tourist guide

a webquesthttp://knowmansland.com/etivities/going_around_lisbon_tp.htm

Valentine’s day An All-Skills Valentine Podcasthttp://tinyurl.com/6t4nvnc

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https://scratch.mit.edu

Inclusion: skyping Celeste

http://www.arisleyschool.org/Inclusion.mov

http://learningismessy.com/blog/?p=196

http://classroombooktalk.wikispaces.com

http://crosbyprojects.wikispaces.com/Animal+Ark

Geocaching + QR codes

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You’re not only challenging

children to learning differently;

http://www.flickr.com/photos/21314760@N00/1583345201

you’re challenging

yourself!

Image and quote by Dean Shareski http://www.flickr.com/photos/shareski/2655113202/in/pool-858082@N25 (CC BY-NC 2.0)

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The digital classroom is a mind-set!

• Gather Information on the wiki

• Form an opinion about the topic

(remember to use sources to back up your

point of view)

• Comment on Huw’s blogpost (link in

Myplace)

Search for information about the

digital natives debate