In search of universal pedagogy
Education isn't so much "traditional" as systematic, and it's only when it strays from its best practices that it goes wrong. In a context of teacher scarcity, even if reducing group size seems necessary for differentiated pedagogy, it becomes difficult to conceive it in practice; so what direction are institutions taking?
Games that are too serious... aren't.
If we're presented with a game with rich, adaptable rules, a relevant territory, stimulating objectives and opportunities to win that encourage us to develop, then we can put all the stakes in the world, but we won't succeed in making it too serious. Only a game that's boring or no longer a game can become "too serious".
Evaluating a team project
Teachers often use projects to contextualize the development of skills, but when it comes to assessment, this framework sometimes proves awkward... What should be assessed? How do you go about it? And how do you go about it when the work has been carried out by a team? These are just some of the questions that arise...
The rules of collaboration. The larger the group, the clearer the guidelines.
If politeness is the lubricant of social relations, netiquette is the lubricant of Internet relations.
Distance learning: how to go the distance?
Two articles take stock of the key success factors for e-learning, whether for closed training with limited numbers of participants, or for mass training.