Hilgartner Open Learning

This week I have been working the instructional blender at full tilt. I have been keeping it whirring throwing in different learning activities, quizzes, videos and polite conversations to make some potent, knock-you-out-of-your-socks learning concoctions. Everyone at the course counter, orders their own flavour and kick according to the dryness in their throat and the cravings on their tongue tips. "More math and less poetry with a twist of online, please." As the cocktail mixer per jour, I have been pulling out all stops to make some solid recipes. The hope is that with the right recipe the students will leave happy and come back for more. In my GED Prep evening face-to-face class, I have made the bold move to deliver the course almost entirely on iPads in the classroom. This ingredient has met with alarming success. Students are completing the quizzes in class. As they do, I can come up and provide coaching or assistance as needed. Sitting in assigned pairs, they activ...