Learning Journeys, Learning Environments

Learning JourneysLearning Environments

Miles BerryHead, Alton Convent Prep

•Learning journeys•Learning environments•The VLE at St Ives•Evaluation•Towards a PLE at St Ives•MLEs

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Learning Journeys

Smith, 1801, via Tufte 1990

Start address: London

End address: Dover

Distance: 78.9 mi (about 1 hour 53 mins)

Reverse directions

1. Head south from Saint Margaret Street - go 250 ft

2. Continue on Abingdon Street - go 0.2 mi

3. Continue on Millbank - go 0.2 mi

4. At the roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto Millbank - go 0.5 mi

5. Turn left at Vauxhall Bridge Road - go 0.3 mi

6. Turn left at Wandsworth Road - go 213 ft

7. Bear right at Kennington Lane - go 0.2 mi

8. Turn right at Durham Street - go 0.1 mi

9. Turn left at Harleyford Road - go 0.1 mi

10. Turn right at Kennington Oval - go 0.2 mi

11. Bear right at Harleyford Street - go 0.1 mi

12. Bear left at Camberwell New Road - go 0.1 mi

13. Turn right at Brixton Road - go 1.5 mi

14. Continue on Effra Road - go 0.4 mi

15. Continue on Tulse Hill - go 1.1 mi

16. Bear left at Thurlow Park Road - go 0.8 mi

17. Bear left at Dulwich Common - go 0.3 mi

18. Bear left at Dulwich Common - go 0.6 mi

19. Turn right at Lordship Lane - go 0.2 mi

20. Bear left at London Road - go 0.5 mi

21. Turn left at Devonshire Road - go 0.1 mi

22. Bear right at Waldram Crescent - go 0.3 mi

23. Turn left at Sunderland Road - go 0.1 mi

24. Turn right at Stanstead Road - go 0.9 mi

25. Turn left at Catford Road - go 0.4 mi

26. Bear left at Rushey Green - go 0.1 mi

27. Bear right at Brownhill Road - go 1.0 mi

28. Continue on Saint Mildreds Road - go 0.4 mi

29. Bear left at Baring Road - go 216 ft

30. Continue on Westhorne Avenue - go 0.7 mi

31. At Clifton's Roundabout, take the 3rd exit onto Sidcup Road – go 2.7 mi

32. Continue on A20 - go 6.7 mi

33. Bear right at M20 - go 50 mi

34. Continue on A20 - go 7.1 mi

35. At Western Heights Roundabout, take the 2nd exit onto A20 - go 0.3 mi

36. At Limekiln Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A20 - go 0.2 mi

37. At Prince of Wales Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto A20 - go 0.3 mi

38. At York Street Roundabout, take the 1st exit onto York Street - go 0.3 mi

39. At A256, take the 2nd exit onto Priory Road - go 0.1 mi

40. Bear left at High Street - go 186 ft

41. Turn right at Ladywell - go 0.1 mi

42. Continue on Park Street - go 0.1 mi

43. Turn right at Maison Dieu Road - go 97 ft

These directions are for planning purposes only. You may find that construction projects, traffic, highway men, or other

events may cause road conditions to differ from the map results.

Google, 2006

Tomtom,2005 via GPSreviewnet, 2005

Google, 2006

Topology

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Learning Environments

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Building the Knowledge Environment

•Architects•Planners•Construction workers

•Scaffolders•Builders’ Merchants•Clients

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The VLE at St Ives

Primary Learning Environments...

•Rich and stimulating learning environment

•Learning through experience •DIY resources•Creativity and collaboration•Social learning•Informal, independent learning•Experiment and play

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Virtual Learning Environment

Discussions Immediate feedbackRange of resources Range of activitiesCollaborative workReview the lesson

Taking the best of the classroom and making it available at home

Other benefits

•Sense of community•Opportunity to look back•Learning from mistakes•Verbalizing mathematics•Personalized learning•ICT skills and

understanding•Catching up•Assessment for learning•Knowledge management

Looking back• “This has been a great year for maths. I loved

moodle.” (6A)• “Its a great way of doing home work and its fun!!!”

(6B)• “I really like to use moodle because I find homework

disscusion really helpful” (5A)• “I like the idea of homework on the computer and

homework disscusen when your stuck.” (5B)

COLLES

•I have found the work interesting•When we start a topic, we talk about

things in the real world •The things I learn help me to understand

the world better•I learn how the things I'm taught will be

useful for me when I leave school•The teacher makes me think•The teacher shows me how to discuss

ideas•Other pupils make good sense of what I

say

SATs

Value added

Implementation“Buying a VLE is one of the most important decisions for an institution, one that has major implications for it, and should be seen as significant as buying a major new building. The choice of VLE will be significant across all areas of the institution and especially in the way in which teaching and learning are undertaken” Minshull, G (2004) VLEs: Beyond the fringe and into the mainstream, Coventry, BECTA

• Pedagogy, not technology• Total cost of ownership• Digital divide• Integration with existing

systems• Embedding in the curriculum• E-learning champions• Experiment• Be creative

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Towards a PLE

Scott Wilson, 2005

Personal Profile

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E-portfolio

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Blog

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Social Network

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Aggregator

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MLEs?

James Farmer, 2006

An MLE should …• give priority to learning and teaching by

integrating timetabling, planning, assessment and resources;

• facilitate the sharing of pupil information between all those teaching a pupil; allow planning and assessment to be readily monitored;

• provide a single integrated view of all the data held on any given pupil;

• incorporate tools to support teachers’ and managers’ analysis of performance at fine-grained levels, and assess the effect of interventions;

• improve communication within the school and between school and home;

• facilitate opportunities for pupils to take greater responsibility for their learning; and

• be accessible from home.

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