Yesterday was (unofficially) my first day as a local RÉCIT consultant for general adult education. What does this mean? RÉCIT is a French acronym, standing for “réseau de personnes-ressources pour le développement des compétences des élèves par l’intégration des technologies.” (and now in English) What does this mean? “a network of resource people for the…
All posts in February 2012
Looking Back: I still don’t believe in learning styles…
This article was originally posted on July 20, 2010. I’ve recently been in conversation with a number of people about learning styles so thought it was timely to look back at this one. A few years ago I had a series of … conversations … with my then PhD adviser about the notion of learning…
Do people learn differently?
Yes and no. The ‘no’ part of the equation –> I believe that the conditions for authentic learning are similar across age levels, interests, abilities, cultures. Making a connection, creating a relationship with your learners is the first step to authentic learning. full stop. The ‘yes’ part of the answer comes in when it comes…
Theories of Social and Behaviour Change – Passing on resources
I just received these resources from Rosemary, a professor of mine from when I studied Human Systems Intervention at Concordia University in Montreal (a program definitely worth checking out!) and thought what better way to a) save them and b) share them, than to do so by posting them here. So here they are with…