E-learning Curve Blog at Edublogs

In yesterday’s post I put forward some thoughts on terminal second-level examinations and the effect that faring poorly in these could have for young adults’ future lives.
I received a comment on the topic from a correspondent who asserted:
…does success in exams equal education? Exams are an outmoded assessment tool – success in them [...]

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Do we have practical solutions (as opposed to high aspirations) about the best way to serve students in the 21st century?

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Today’s blog post is not so much about e-learning or learning and development but rather more about education in general. Whether it’s the Leaving Certificate (the final course in the Irish secondary school system), SATs in the US, O- and A-Levels in the UK, or le bac in France, I’m sure you are familiar [...]

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I believe that to glibly state that “it’s not the end of everything” simultaneously devalues the emotional and psychological impact of performing poorly in such an important life event, and provides false hope that somehow it will be all right.

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As you’ll know if you viewed my post on Jane Hart’s Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4PT) I feel that the more exposure learning professionals have to the range of tools at our disposal, the more effectively we can develop effective learning solutions for our customers.
In a similar vein, I’ve just received a nice [...]

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As you’ll know if you viewed my post on Jane Hart’s Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (C4PT) I feel that the more exposure learning professionals have to the range of tools at our disposal, the more effectively we can develop effective learning solutions for our customers.
In a similar vein, I’ve just received a nice [...]

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