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How to turn up the Dial on the Efficiency and Quality of Student Feedback (Part 2)

This is the second of three posts that explore alternative methods of providing students with feedback on University assignments – written and otherwise.  Here, consideration will be given to audio only in the shape of feedback podcasts.  Now, podcasts are … Continue reading

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Research in Technology Education

Research in Technology Education is a relatively new filed on inquiry – partly due to the fact that the curricular subject area itself is comparatively new.  Whilst this means that there is lots of exciting work still to be done, … Continue reading

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Excel Based E-Folio System for Pupils

AVAILABLE FREE WHEN YOU SIGN UP TO FOLLOW THINKOSITY! I spent some of my time off playing around with Excel 2010 and put together an electronic folio system that allows pupils to collect and manage evidence of the work they have … Continue reading

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What I Think Educational Research Does

Learning and Teaching amount to very complex processes and, anyone who has been a Teacher will probably not disagree with the fact that the pupils are often the biggest variable.   I think very much of the fortunate probationary who gets … Continue reading

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