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
- Apr 2, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity Tip #5: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Today marks the final creativity tip in a series of five and this one is one of my favourites as it offers challenge, thinking time
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Hexis21
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
Creativity Tip #4: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Integrating creative thinking and problem solving into traditional academic courses that lead directly to standardised tests
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Hexis21
- Mar 31, 2021
- 3 min
Creativity Tip #3: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
Today's creativity tip revolves around the idea of transformation. Thinking in terms of transformation will allow your students to consider
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Hexis21
- Mar 30, 2021
- 2 min
Creativity Tip #2: How to integrate creative thinking & problem solving into the classroom.
There is a misconception that constraints are inherently negative and any solution that is created within them is going to fall short
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Hexis21
- Mar 26, 2021
- 1 min
How to think as an innovator
If you want to develop your creative thinking and problem solving skills you need to practise them. Anyone can be creative and solve...
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Hexis21
- Mar 8, 2021
- 2 min
How to use an idea box to solve problems
The Idea Box is based on a theory of Dr Fritz Zwicky who was a Swiss astronomer. What Dr Zwicky found was that when you are faced with a...
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Hexis21
- Mar 2, 2021
- 9 min
What will the 'double disruption' of the pandemic and increasing automation mean for job seekers?
According to the World Economic Forum, half of us will need to reskill in the next five years as a result of what is being dubbed the...
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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 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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Hexis21
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
What traits do creative people have?
Have you ever wondered what drives creative people? What makes them different? Creativity can challenge you, give you energy, and allow...
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Hexis21
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
How to develop creativity skills
Many people don’t think of creativity as a skill. But, it is, and you can develop it. Some people will separate creativity from thinking,...
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Hexis21
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
How to become a better thinker
One of the biggest hurdles to creativity is your mindset. It has been shown that negative people are less creative and this is because...
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Hexis21
- Feb 2, 2021
- 2 min
Alternative Methods of Brainstorming
The following are some of the alternative methods that many organisations use in their brainstorming sessions. Not every method will be...
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Hexis21
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
The power of asking 'How might we...? in education
Educators need to facilitate learning environments in which they ask ‘How might we solve a problem?’ Rather than saying, we need to...
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Hexis21
- Jan 7, 2021
- 2 min
How to become more creative
Only by making creativity a daily habit can young people adopt such competencies as inherent. It is important to expose our young people...
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Hexis21
- Jan 7, 2021
- 3 min
Why education must be values-led not exam-led.
We need to reimagine what we place our educational values upon. Currently this is grades, and yet grades tell us little about a student...
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Hexis21
- Jan 7, 2021
- 4 min
Why global education systems need to be overhauled
The learning programmes available on Hexis21 target directly these needs. Education is reimagined as students are removed from the silos of
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Hexis21
- Dec 8, 2020
- 4 min
Making Thinking Visible: Peeling the Fruit
I have spent the past 5 months creating digital teaching resources and now that I find myself back in the classroom with real-life...
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