Recursos

Equity Isn’t Just About Technology. It’s About Supporting Students and Families

Mariana Largo2020-07-02T09:35:51+01:00Tags: article, educació formal, entrevista, equitat|

By now the coronavirus, and the resulting fallout, has impacted just about every family in one way or another. Students are out of school, unemployment is rising and social distancing could take a psychological toll. But not everyone is equally affected. Research indicates that students from low-income backgrounds could fall further behind their peers if learning stops too long and the country sinks into recession. That makes the conversation about education equity essential. But the term doesn’t just mean equipping students with the same devices and broadband access. Schools also play an important role in boosting at-home learning among families. This post, [...]

La Educación Puede Cambiar el Mundo – Coral Regí

Mariana Largo2020-07-02T10:41:48+01:00Tags: competències per a la vida, educació formal, equitat, sentit de l'aprenentatge, video|

En esta charla TEDx Lleida 2019, Coral Regí, directora pedagógica de la Escola Virolai de Barcelona, reflexiona en torno a la pregunta ¿De qué hablamos cuando hablamos de Nueva Educación? Explica de manera magistral cómo una nueva educación puede cambiar el mundo. En un mundo globalizado, los nuevos desafíos son oportunidades para hacer las cosas de manera diferente, y la educación es la herramienta para formar jóvenes críticos, divergentes y agudos, que a través de la cooperación y el autoconocimiento sean capaces de liderar sus propias vidas y el destino del mundo, que ahora está en sus manos. Subtítulos en castellano gracias a la [...]

El Dosier de aprendizaje, una herramienta al servicio de la personalización

Mariana Largo2020-07-06T08:40:44+01:00Tags: article, educació secundària, identitat d'aprenent, personalització de l'aprenentatge, projecte de recerca, reflexió|

El artículo El Dosier de aprendizaje, una herramienta al servicio de la personalización publicado en el portal EDUforics ofrece una descripción detallada de una práctica de personalización del aprendizaje escolar llevada a cabo en el Instituto Quatre Cantons de Poblenou (Barcelona). En general, las estrategias de personalización del aprendizaje escolar tienen como finalidad ayudar a los alumnos y alumnas a atribuir valor y sentido personal a lo que aprenden en las escuelas e institutos y a las tareas y actividades que en ellas llevan a cabo para aprender. Concretamente, una de las estrategias más eficaces de personalización del aprendizaje es la previsión de tiempos, [...]

2020 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report. Teaching and Learning Edition

Mariana Largo2020-07-01T13:01:04+01:00Tags: competències transversals, ecologia de l'aprenentatge, educació formal, educació superior, informe, tecnologia|

The 2020 Horizon Report was published by EDUCAUSE*, a global nonprofit organization whose members include US and international higher education institutions, corporations, not-for-profit organizations, and K–12 institutions. In the report, they have sought to retain the elements that higher education professionals and leaders have come to value over many years—its focus on the trends, technologies, and practices shaping the future of teaching and learning, based on a methodology that grounds the findings in the perspectives and expertise of a panel of leaders in higher education. Also, they have sought to innovate and improve upon the report this year, moving the focus away from forecasts [...]

What is a Personal Learning Network?

Mariana Largo2020-07-02T11:19:38+01:00Tags: aprenentatge personalitzat, comunidad de aprendizaje, ecologia de l'aprenentatge, video, xarxes d'aprenentatge|

In the video below, Marc-André Lalande offers a concise, useful definition that simplifies the idea from hashtags and movements and social engagement and badges and, well, all the buzzwords you hear, into a clear explanation that works not just within education, but any field. “A Personal Learning Network -PLN is a way of describing the group of people that you connect with to learn their ideas, their questions, their reflections, and their references. Your PLN is not limited to online interactions, but it is that online, global interactive part that really makes it special. It is personal because you choose who’s part [...]

BROKERING YOUTH PATHWAYS. A toolkit for connecting youth to future opportunity

Mariana Largo2020-06-10T09:36:17+01:00Tags: aprenentatge connectat, ecologia de l'aprenentatge, educació al llarg de la vida, interessos, llibre, personalització de l'aprenentatge|

Brokering Youth Pathways was created to share tools and techniques around the youth development practice of “brokering” or connecting youth to future learning opportunities and resources. Brokering Youth Pathways was produced by Hive Research Lab, an applied research partner of Hive NYC Learning Network —a community of informal educational organizations dedicated to supporting digital learning. “Brokering” is an important equity-oriented practice that out-of-school-time (OST) educators can take up in support of youth learning and development. Brokering is means of supporting identity development, social capital building and long-term, interest-driven learning across settings through actively connecting program participants to new learning opportunities like out of school [...]

How Teachers Can Support PBL at Home

Mariana Largo2020-07-02T11:00:51+01:00Tags: actividades educativas escolares, activitats d'aprenentatge, activitats en línia, article, educació formal|

John Larmer, Editor in Chief, Buck Institute for Education U.S., offers tips and projects that teachers can share with parents and caregivers to guide children in any grade through project-based learning—with or without technology. In this post, you can find many resources and interesting links to projects and experiences. Content of this article: CLARIFY (AND LOWER) EXPECTATIONS EXPLAIN THE BENEFITS OF DOING PBL AT HOME EXPLAIN HOW TO SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN SUGGEST IDEAS FOR PROJECTS THEY CAN DO AT HOME Learn more

Learning across boundaries: How librarians are bridging children’s interests

Mariana Largo2021-02-08T22:20:19+01:00Tags: aprenentatge connectat, ecologia de l'aprenentatge, informe, interessos|

As part of the Families Learning Across Boundaries (FamLAB) Project, the Joan Ganz Cooney Center surveyed library professionals in the U.S. about how they are connecting children’s learning across settings. Learning across boundaries: How librarians are bridging children’s interests Report underscores the commitment to serving their communities that many librarians share as they actively seek to understand their patrons’ interests and needs, and find innovative ways for their libraries to evolve as community learning centers. At the same time, nearly half of our respondents reported that the general public simply may not be as aware that libraries provide such a wealth of [...]

Conectar con el entorno. Promover aprendizajes culturalmente relevantes desde el Aprendizaje-Servicio

Mariana Largo2020-04-13T08:03:33+01:00Tags: aprenentatge servei, article, educació secundària, personalització de l'aprenentatge, pràctiques educatives escolars, projecte de recerca|

El artículo Conectar con el entorno. Promover aprendizajes culturalmente relevantes desde el Aprendizaje-Servicio publicado en el portal EDUforics presenta una experiencia de Aprendizaje y Servicio Solidario (APS) realizada en el Instituto de Educación Secundaria Miguel Catalán de Coslada (Madrid), específicamente, detalla el proyecto de visitas al Museo Arqueológico Nacional en el que participan alumnos del instituto y personas mayores de centros del municipio de Coslada. Asimismo, el artículo resume algunos aspectos teóricos que sustentan la premisa de que la selección de contenidos culturalmente relevantes es un elemento básico para favorecer aprendizajes con sentido, y cómo ello requiere a su vez abrir la escuela a la [...]

The Personal Learning Plan: Goal Setting to Be Future Ready

Mariana Largo2020-04-22T08:33:07+01:00Tags: article, competències per a la vida, infografia, interessos, personalització de l'aprenentatge, pràctiques educatives escolars|

In this post, Kathleen McClaskey, author of Make Learning Personal website, explains how teachers can use the student's Learner Profile and Personal Learning Backpack to develop goals an effective Personal Learning Plan (PLP), so each learner can develop agency and gain personal experiences to make decisions for college and career and to be future-ready. The purpose of a Personal Learning Plan (PLP) is to assist learners to develop goals with a set of action steps to achieve those goals, ways to monitor their own progress, show evidence in reaching the goal and a reflection on achieving it. The PLP has four specific focuses: [...]