“The problem? It’s in our heads.”

Posted by david on Saturday May 22, 2010 Under e-learning, facilitation

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screen-shot-2010-04-14-at-93557-pmhttp://www.sonyclassics.com/layercake/index_flash.html

As I work in schools with a wider and wider range of teachers, my ideas for the layer cake are starting to crystalise.  I was working in a school recently and the teacher I was with had an “Aha!” moment.  She had made a pedagogical, if not that then a conceptual breakthrough about e-learning and how it might look and be delivered within the space she teaches in.  It is her quote that is the title of this post.  I am still working on the full variant of the Layer Cake post, but do not want to release it too early, until I have fully ironed out the wrinkles myself.  However, in parallel with the Layer Cake e-learning methodology that I am developing I am also developing support materials in the form of templates, resources and rubrics etc to support teachers once I am not working with them.  I shall be devoting more time to this entire endeavour in the coming days and weeks, but work is un-relenting at the moment, which is good!  It is also clear that there is a desperate need for retro fitting the new paradigm/pedagogy/methodology, call it what you will that is e-learning to good many schools and teachers alike.  All new inquiries welcome.


2 Responses to ““The problem? It’s in our heads.””

  1. Artichoke Says:

    Julie and I are sitting in a Hamilton Hotel room captured by imagining what your Layer Cake e-Learning pedagogy might be David.

    And whilst I am focusing on how you might support these multiple levels of sweet baked dessert with templates, resources and rubrics etc, Julie is thinking about the type of layer cake you have in mind - are you thinking more banoffee pie like or is it a tiramisu kind of thing.

    We have rejected the sticky pudding because it is too atomised in structure - all those randomly distributed raisins - to do justice to e-learning outcomes that might be represented in levels.

    Do give us a clue.

  2. david Says:

    Pam the answer is simple: mille feuille

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