The two most essential teaching principles I learned from my former Education teachers are: first, teachers start where the students are, and second, teachers should know the nature of their students. I believe that the first principle encompasses t...More

Earlier in this course, we reviewed multimodal learning as an essential tool for learning, but also as an important skill for future citizens to communicate their ideas and understandings effectively. Content consumers rely on content producers to a...More

Social media continues to wield influence on individual and community perceptions. More and more, people obtain their news and base their beliefs and values on what they read on Internet social media sites. Social media implies the use of web-based...More

What is collaborative learning?

Two of the most interesting points covered by Dr. Bill Cope and Dr. Mary Kalantzis are Collaborative Learning and Social Learning. Collaborative learning is an educational approach to teaching and learning that invol...More

As a middle school technology and learning coach, I observe teachers rush through their school year in an attempt to “cover” a large volume of learning standards with the goal to have students apply skills in a meaningful way over the course of a we...More

Remote learning refers to  a learning set-up where the student and the teacher/trainer/coach, or information source, are not physically present in a traditional classroom environment. According to UNESCO, over 91% of the world's students population...More

Assessment or the process of gathering of evidence whether or not students are learning is always a challenge among teachers. It is an estimation of what students know, what they can or cannot do in relation to instructional standards or objectives,...More