Thursday, November 12, 2020

NZVET research forum - post lunch keynote and my presentation - - supporting practice-based learning with digital technologies


Booth presentations take place in the exhibition hall over lunch.

The post lunch keynote is with Dame Karen Poutasi, who speaks on her reflections on health and education in the face of a global pandemic. Offering three reflections.

The sound from this recorded presentation was difficult. So my notes are brief.

Dame Karen spoke on three items. 1) Health and education are fundamentally important. 2) The drivers of research are evidence. 3) Massive disruption provides us with major opportunities. Overviewed her background in health and education and how these two are intertwined.

Health and education contribute to peoples’ well-being and to economic sustainability. Education levels impact on health outcomes. Better well-being contributes to sustained engagement with education. Both contribute to the public good. Education is especially important to help people attain better opportunities. Stressed the importance of VET in playing a role.

I then present in the breakout session on ‘supporting practice-based learning with digital technologies’. In short, an overview of a book I am working on, to be published early next year. Basically outlining how to support practice-based learning (mimesis, mimetic learning) by matching the pedagogies (rich learning, modelling, guided learning and making learning/thinking visible) with technology relevant to the learners and their context. Introduced the push-connect the dots/learning-pull model as one way to design/plan online practice-based learning. Encouraged shifting to project/ problem or inquiry based learning structure to help learners make sense of the learning and to apply to authentic, real-world practice.

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