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
- 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
- Apr 26, 2021
- 3 min
Using systems thinking to uncover connections
Each week I run a discussion group called the Politics and International Relations Society. It is open to pupils aged 12-18 and each week...
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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 10, 2021
- 3 min
How to think like Pythagoras
This blog post will outline a simple strategy that you can use in any situation to help you solve problems or overcome challenges that...
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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
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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Hexis21
- Feb 15, 2021
- 7 min
The power of microhabits
Did you know that the most effective way to improve your life is to establish good habits and stick to them? Researchers have found that...
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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
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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