How to design learning to boost engagement in 8 simple steps
It is around this time of year that many academic departments will be looking ahead in terms of curriculum development.
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Hexis21
- Feb 9, 2022
- 2 min
How Might We Re-imagine Assessment, Tracking, and Reporting?
In the short video below, I want to share one approach that may help to support the measuring and tracking of skills across the senior...
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Hexis21
- Feb 5, 2022
- 9 min
Why continual and planned formative assessment generates learning gains and develops character
Why formative assessment strategies can demonstrate learning as opposed to performance.
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Hexis21
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
The two most important steps to take if you want to sequence learning and teaching
Elaboration is a core teaching and instructional design strategy. At its most basic level, elaboration involves connecting new knowledge...
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Hexis21
- Nov 10, 2021
- 5 min
Traditional school reports are dead
Why progressive reporting offers meaning, direction and iteration As a senior school teacher, I have written thousands of end of...
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Hexis21
- Aug 21, 2021
- 2 min
1 simple & helpful strategy to teach reading for understanding
reading for understanding is so central to learning and meaning making that its importance cannot be overstated
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Hexis21
- Aug 21, 2021
- 8 min
The 8 minutes it will take you to read this will improve your teaching forever.
The interconnected nature of learning, memory, brain function, stress and teaching using research about the science of learning
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Hexis21
- Jul 9, 2021
- 3 min
How do people actually learn?
Do your teaching resources take into account the science of learning? If they don't you may be cognitively overwhelming your students
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Hexis21
- Jun 28, 2021
- 7 min
How OFSTED judges the quality of education
OFSTED state that it will judge schools' quality of education according to the following criteria:
Intent
Implementation
Impact
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Hexis21
- Jun 1, 2021
- 6 min
How To Get Students To DO Something In The Classroom
I read an article written by Jennifer Gonzalez entitled, ‘To Learn, Students Need to DO Something’ and it made me consider my approach in...
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Hexis21
- May 3, 2021
- 10 min
A Brief Case Study of A Collaborative Critical Thinking Exercise.
We know that the skills most in demand for the Fourth Industrial Revolution towards which we are hurtling towards at breakneck speed
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Hexis21
- Apr 23, 2021
- 4 min
Multimedia Learning Principles
Creating is fun, but research-driven creation is better. I write a lot about creativity and how creating within constraints can be
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Hexis21
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
How to create a purpose driven and effective online course
You may be a teacher, trainer or entrepreneur interested in sharing your knowledge, skills and expertise with the world using an online...
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Hexis21
- Feb 24, 2021
- 4 min
SAM: The rapid fire model of instructional design
The Successive Approximation Model (SAM) of instructional design is the brainchild of entrepreneur, Michael Allen. It is characterised by...
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Hexis21
- Feb 23, 2021
- 2 min
Instructional Design: A Systems Approach Model
Dick, Carey, and Carey (2009) proposed 10 stages of learning in their model of instructional design. The model identifies a systems...
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Hexis21
- Feb 23, 2021
- 6 min
What is the instructional design model, ADDIE?
How do we go about planning online courses that meet the needs of all stakeholders using ADDIE?
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