nonformal education
Education 2.0? Futures, pasts and presents
There are various interesting slideshows on Slideshare.net that show us education and its future in interesting lights. Here are some of them.
[slideshare id=24743&doc=education-20-20553&w=425]
[slideshare id=62181&doc=future-of-education3726&w=425]
[slideshare id=40271&doc=the-future-of-online-learning-and-personal-learning-environments-2553&w=425]
[slideshare id=40271&doc=the-future-of-online-learning-and-personal-learning-environments-2553&w=425] Student voice on personalisation
Here's a video made by City College Student Union about personalised learning:
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBj8F9K-ldo&rel=1]
Two things are obvious:
- Students don't know the latest educational jargon
- Students are generally aware of their individual needs and feel schooling should respond to them
Questions to ask:
- Are students always aware of what their 'real' needs are?
- Are the scenarios in which educational institutions respond to student needs sufficiently fleshed out to support detailed policies?
"It's called MySpace for a reason": Formal and nonformal education in contact/flict
In a recent meeting somebody quoted a saying by a teacher: "It's called MySpace for a reason" meaning that students may not be particularly keen on inviting the teachers into their own social-networking world. However, on the other hand, a significant amount of non-formal learning takes place in these social environments. From my recent project proposal:
