These are the rough notes I made for a panel session run by Social Education Victoria about Teaching in an Election Year. As is always the case, the students were the best part of the presentation. I’m going to say something that I think might prove to be a little bit provocative. While I think…
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Presentation on Global Citizenship
This was a 10 minute introduction to Global Citizenship I put together for students enrolled in the MEG Global Ambassador program.
If only politicians focused on the school issues that matter. This election is a chance to get them to do that
The political attention education issues are getting in the lead-up to the federal election may be an opportunity to demand politicians focus on issues that matter to schools and their communities. This is an article in The Conversation that I wrote.
The potentials and pitfalls of the ‘metaverse’ for education
These are the slides that I used for a short presentation about ‘the metaverse’ and more broadly the value of AR and XR in educational settings. I wasn’t entirely satisfied with my presentation – I don’t think I communicated the three points as well as I would have liked. Perhaps I was also a bit…
Providing Automated Video Feedback to Increase Student Engagement
This was a lightning talk that I gave at LAK 22.
The contemporary role of learning designers (recording)
This is a recording of my presentation (see previous post).
The Contemporary Role of Learning Designers
This is a brief presentation that I made for the ASCILITE Learning Design SIG
An ‘experience generator’: Extended Reality’s growing potential in classrooms
This is an excerpt from an article I wrote about VR in schools. Few educational trends stimulate the immediate excitement of Extended Reality (XR). People recall movies like The Matrix, where there is an entire world that exists virtually, or Minority Report, where there are futuristic, gesture-based screens and user interfaces. Yet, despite the promise of Hollywood,…
VR and learning design: challenges and possibilities for teachers and students
I was recently interviewed by Brett Henebery from The Educator about VR use in schools. Excerpt below: Studies have shown that Virtual reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) technologies can be used to improve the design of learning spaces, allowing students to learn without distraction, as well as simulate the classroom experience for pre-service teachers, who can…
UDL and GCLD
This is a short video that I shot all about UDL in the GCLD.