Sunday Readings: Innovation, Change and Digitalisation
How does innovation happen? What are the required elements that need to meet at the right time in the right place for lasting innovative change to take place? In educational … Continue reading
The Meaning of Life and Stuff
The meaning of life is… No, I don’t know what the meaning of life. And I should be working on stuff with looming deadlines but earlier this week I attended … Continue reading
Let’s play BALL: Part 1
In case you are wondering, BALL stands for blog-assisted language learning (Ward 2004). This first post on BALL is a brief theoretical focus on the topic. Part 2 will then … Continue reading
Autonomy, Motivation and Choice: Part 2
The wait is over! If you have been waiting for this Part 2 with bated breath, you can now relax. In this post I will answer the questions I posed … Continue reading
Autonomy, Motivation and Choice: Part 1
So learner-centredness has been a bit of a buzzword for a while. But what does it actually mean? How is it realised in the classroom? In this post I will … Continue reading
My Kettle and I
My kettle doesn’t get out much. So last weekend we went on a bit of a road trip. Granted, it was only 15k down the road but the farthest my … Continue reading
Blood, Sweat and Tears
How do you get a false beginner ready to give a presentation to his Board of Directors? Time available: two weeks. This is how we tried. The student 1 student, … Continue reading
Together we are stronger
Challenge no. 1. Working as a freelance adult educator can be a lonely business. Lots of travel involved and often you have no or very little contact with your colleagues. … Continue reading
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