Professor Russell Bishop gave a fascinating keynote on the theme of how different discourses we use in education are the single most important determinant for the student learning experience. This Blog is my recollection of what he said and …
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Archive for: July 2004July 22, 2004 July 10, 2004 Different discourses!Professor Russell Bishop gave a fascinating keynote on the theme of how different discourses we use in education are the single most important determinant for the student learning experience. This Blog is my recollection of what he said and … July 7, 2004 Further PCF reflectionsThe PCF3 conference on open and distance learning experimented with a non-standard conference format. Results were mixed as these were complex issues that were being addressed and the delegates came with a wide range of expectations and experience of … July 6, 2004 Context context contextImportance of context. People from South Africa, Namibia, and Botswana all felt strongly about this issue. namely, that it doesn’t work when course and programmes are ‘transplanted’ from developed countries and nor does it work between developing countries. … July 5, 2004 Commonwealth dividesThis week I am at the Third Pan Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning in Dunedin. People from over 40 commonwealth countries. In the workshop I was in today I learned of the continuing predominance and … |
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