I am conducting a feasibility study at London Business School on developing a new system for teaching vocabulary that uses short comedic video clips to illustrate the meanings of words.
I’d like to start a conversation about online learning and teacher training. My name is Neil Ballantyne and I work for the British Council based in Hong Kong.
This paper presents findings related to how the nature of class changes when asynchronous online courses are used rather than classrooms. The qualitative study involved interviews with 32 university professors who have taught both in–class and online courses. The findings provide insight into how when the medium of teaching changes, there is also significant change in the composition and indeed the very nature of class. Read more
The current model of higher education was several centuries in the making. That leaves colleges adapting to online learning, a viable option for only about a decade, with a monumental game of catch-up. Read more
Traditional forms of distance education in higher education have existed since the middle of the 1880s. Leading scholars in this field attempted to define the environment, individual roles, and the patterns of behaviors of online education. A theory is needed to describe and define the field, and to identify the various forms of online teaching and learning.. Read more>>
Forums, quizzes and a wide range of online collaborative activities helped support children as self-directed learners. But the key lessons from Ranvilles transcend ICT and the infant age group too, and lie at the heart of learning - because Ranvilles’ quest had been to re-energise the curriculum, with the children at the centre... Read more >>
