Social Media and Education
Social media, encompassing networking, publishing, content sharing, virtual and gaming networking, holds value in enhancing education, but must not be used carte blanche. By understanding what social media can offers in terms of learning enhancement we can understand its value post-education (Mao, 2014, pp. 213, 214). Technology is rapidly developing and changing the way society interacts…
Blockchain and Digital Badges
Many face to face classrooms use reward systems and acknowledge progress, which can be hard to attribute to learners when online. Digital applications like Edmodo are frequently used in schools by teachers to encourage specific behaviours such as peer interaction or completing homework (Cheng, Watson, & Newby, 2018, pp. 191, 192; Gibson, Ostashewski, Flintoff, Grant,…
“Please put your phone away…”
We laugh about this because we know how real this is, but we need to ask if this is actually a valid method. Steele (2015) discusses how technology (including social media) can really help to enhance learning, whilst Pahomov (2014) argues that technological advancements means that conventional learning (i.e. taking notes from a board) is…
A critical analysis of Montessori Education
Montessori is an educational pedagogy established by Dr Montessori that focuses on nurturing creativity and identifies three planes of development (0-6, 6-12, 12-18) (Casquejo Johnston, 2019, p. 1) with its characteristic learning design trinity approach of Environment, Teacher and Child (Lillard & McHugh, 2019, p. 3) Benefits of Montessori education include its focus on creativity, its…
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