mercredi 13 février 2019

Switching between Dark and Light Themes

OK I must write this down as I should ask Hilaire for help the third time about this simple task.

samedi 12 janvier 2019

Dynabook, user interface point of view

In our previous writings, we took the point of view of said innovative teaching approaches. It differs from the children's point of view historically taken by A. Kay. This provided us a set of general features, curriculum neutral, we may want for a teacher centered Dynabook; we summarize it in our "Dynabook and learning models, final words" writing.

mardi 11 septembre 2018

Dynabook and learning models, final words

The Dynabook was conceptualized under a constructivism learning perspective. Viewing it from other innovative learning model perspectives brings enriched insights that enhance the original vision.

mardi 4 septembre 2018

Teaching by competences

What research says

A competence or a skill is the association of a knowledge and a task. A knowledge is an academic resource necessary to perform one or more tasks.

jeudi 30 août 2018

Flipped classroom

What research says

The idea of flipped classroom is to let the learners study the lesson at home, then, once in the classroom, ask the teacher questions on specific points not fully understood and practiced with exercises. The lessons can be a text, but most of the time the flipped classroom is supported with an approximately 10 min. video lesson.

mardi 21 août 2018

Project based learning

What research says

Students study topics they will not likely learn outside of school. Most of the time, the learned topics are disconnected; students do not see the connection between these different topics or how they are related. Project-based learning tries to address this problem.

mercredi 15 août 2018

Authentic learning

What research says

Authentic or experience learning is based on the idea students may have a better learning experience with documents or situations coming from the "real world", at the least the world outside the school.