Tag: <span>pedagogy</span>

Tag: pedagogy

Latest News: Time to Rethink – Developing Music Education into the Digital Age

eLearningworld News from Australia Sydney University launches a MOOC this month with focus on bringing Music Education into the 21st Century. The main target group is music educators all over the world that want to develop their teaching with digital tools and motivate their students with the new possibilities. The …

Latest News: Making kids learn economics with an interactive game

eLearningworld News from US Which is the best pedagogical method to teach economics in order to make school pupils really understand it? Sahith Malyala and Sahil Yedulla, two high school seniors, answer is 5-10 minutes lecture combined with an interactive game that tests the pupils’ understanding. The outcome is engagement …

Latest News: Making history class engaging with scenario and skills development

eLearningworld News from US What changes history? What makes it turn in a new direction? On the micro-level it is decisions. From this perspective the award-winning Harvard Professor David Moss uses a case-based pedagogical method to teach history. Moss introduces the method in the following way: “The best ideas come out …

Latest News: €30 million to accelerate digitalisation of schools and colleges

eLearningworld News from France The French Minister of Education Najat Vallaud-Belkacem launches E-Fran (training, research and digital animation) in order to accelerate the digital transition in schools and colleges. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem explains the vision: “The digital plan for school can only work if the state, communities and teachers walk hand …

Latest News: New Pisa Report shows lack of digital literacy in School

eLearningworld News from OECD The new report from OECD with focus on assessment of digital skills shows that schools in general still not taking advantage of using technology in the classroom and beyond. The report “Students, Computers and Learning: Making The Connection” concludes “that even countries which have invested heavily …

Latest News: Competition on innovative practical use of Digital Media in School

eLearningworld News from Germany Twelve schools are winners of the competition “Learning with digital media” that was organised by the Ministry of Education in Schleswig-Holstein. The price was totally €200 000 to share among the winners that now also are termed model schools. Totally 111 schools on all levels participated …

Latest News: What is the purpose with 21st Century School?

eLearningworld News from the World Many medias are reporting about this subject, e.g, Washington Post, New Internationalist Blog and YLE. So which should be the main focus of education? Two schools appearing in the debate; the fact-based systemic approach or the self-fulfilling humanistic approach. eLearningworld is now working on a story/analysis …