un progetto Erasmus+
The learners are sitting in according to two randomly allocated groups. The atmosphere is filled with excited apprehension. Two people have been given the task of opening the debate and making sure everybody who wants to talk gets their turn. Everybody has been researching the chosen topic at home, using videos and interactive texts provided Read More …
Theresa is a nine-year-old child celebrating her birthday. In one of the gift parcels, she finds a book about nature: “Nature around you”. She is enthusiastic about the illustrations and sees pictures of many animals that live in the forests and meadows in the vicinity of her home, even though she has never met personally. Read More …
Benjamin Bloom developed his taxonomy 1956. This sounds really old – like an ancient pedagogical issue. Within the last 50 years Blooms taxonomy has been several times revised and brought to a “modern outfit”. Therefore, it is still valid today. Benjamin Bloom (February 21, 1913 – September 13, 1999) was an American educational psychologist who Read More …
Using Open Educational Resources in Flipped Learning 3.0 A quickly done search for the term “Open Educational Resources” in Google brings about 1.610.000.000 results. For those looking for it, that is a huge number – the internet is obviously full of open learning sources that a trainer in adult education might use. These sources could Read More …
Flipped Learning was developed more than 10 years ago by Jon Bergman. The idea developed, the number of teachers using the flipped classroom increased, and the first experiences and given feedback led to an amendment of the method. Five years ago, Jon started a global initiative to make Flipped Learning versatile: All people all over Read More …
It is widely accepted that flipped learning pedagogy stems from the premise of inquiry-based and egalitarian philosophy: with the growing access to vast information through the internet, the traditional model of teacher as the sole steward of knowledge has become obsolete. In the new reality, teachers have acquired a new role: that of mediator, helping Read More …
In November 2018, Jon Bergmann1 visited Istanbul and presented there the “187 Global Elements for Effective Flipped Learning”. On this summit, Flipped Learning 3.0 was completed and available for public to be used in teaching and training. Two days later, Jon and Errol St. Claire Smith (from the FLGlobal) attended the kickoff meeting of this Read More …
Eurostat published a statistic about the digital skills of European Citizens (covering the age between 16 and 74 years old). The result – split to European countries – is interesting: The average in Europe is approximately 56 % – this means that 44 % of the European citizens lack digital competences. It is important to Read More …
Some years ago, I had a bad experience: My laptop display was broken and showed black spots and strange color effects. I found a reseller for computer parts who offers a cheap replacement. The problem – I never did change a display! First self-experience I checked in YouTube for instructions and found a short video. Read More …
The two terms “Flipped Classroom” and “Flipped Learning” are often mixed up and seen as the same item. But this is not true – especially if you care about “Flipped Learning 3.0” (the topic we will address in this project). Flipped Classroom If you search on the internet you will find many similar descriptions of flipped classrooms. Read More …