Search

...math, or science, or even formal logic with a computer. So how do you teach something where there isn’t an answer, for example, speech? Class [Inaudible] Candace Thille The way that we use the computer may be very different from one course to the next, but it’s the design process that’s key. Speaker 6 Actor’s picture. Natalie Baker Shirer: They could hear. They...

...maths lesson. Teaching assistants are a very significant and essential resource in primary classrooms, so much so that it is hard to imagine how schools could manage without them. This unit is an adapted extract from the Open University course E111 Supporting learning in primary schools. This unit is also available in Welsh on OpenLearn...Teaching assistants: Support in...

...maths concepts is a form of digital learning. Digital technologies are evolving very rapidly; children born in 1990 in many countries had no internet connection, used tapes to listen to music, and had no cell or mobile phones. More than 25 years later, the technology landscape has changed dramatically; children are now born in a society where digital technologies are used...

...Maths calculations so she could easily rub out any mistakes and take photos of her correct answers. Learn with others – As a distance learner it is quite likely that you won’t meet other students face to face. However, research tells us that learning is most effective when done with other people. Increasingly in distance education, students will interact with one...

...maths, science, philosophy – they typically need a passive phase followed eventually by creativity and finally by ‘curating’ the individual’s own ideas. [Described image] Figure 1 Wheeler’s engagement pyramid of digital learning. If you consider Wheeler’s pyramid, this pattern becomes clear. The wide base of the engagement pyramid suggests that a great deal of...