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Blended not Scrambled – How Learning Happens by Design

Posted on 22nd July 20206th October 2020 By Leo Casey 1 Comment on Blended not Scrambled – How Learning Happens by Design

We are living through a new iteration of the Digital World. The COVID-19 Pandemic has triggered unprecedented challenges for education. Students cannot get to class in the numbers, configurations and durations that were previously available.  The role of the teacher has changed – changed utterly. To quote Yeats, “a terrible beauty is born”.  Blended learning…

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What makes a good teacher?

Posted on 14th April 201728th August 2018 By Leo Casey 1 Comment on What makes a good teacher?
What makes a good teacher?

One of a series of questions to be explored at Essential Questions for Educators Everywhere open summer course National College of Ireland 26-30th of June 2017 eqfee.org ‘What makes a good teacher’ seems a simple question and you might expect a straight forward answer. However, the more you think about it the more you will…

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Ready to Learn – Taking the First Step

Posted on 8th March 201628th August 2018 By Leo Casey

Oh I was just wondering have you got a moment, I just want to ask you about something‘ she had arrived at NCI reception and they suggested I might meet with her. ‘No problem at all‘ I assured her while thinking how much I had to do that afternoon. Five minutes later she sat in…

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New Learning and Education Degrees at National College of Ireland

Posted on 5th June 201527th August 2018 By Leo Casey No Comments on New Learning and Education Degrees at National College of Ireland

I am delighted to introduce two new degree programmes at NCI the BA (Honours) in Early Childhood Education and the BA (Honours) in Adult and Workforce Education.  These are new awards developed by our team to address the growing interest in education at all stages of life and in all contexts. An important idea underpinning…

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Skills of Teaching

Posted on 22nd February 201528th August 2018 By Leo Casey
Skills of Teaching

When it comes to teaching we often make the simple mistake of reducing all that matters into one specific skill. For example, if someone is very good at explaining things we might say they were a good teacher. Likewise, empathy for students is often regarded as an essential quality for teachers. I like to talk…

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Questions and Inquiry

Posted on 10th November 201427th August 2018 By Leo Casey

I have a recent publication in E-Learning and Digital Media and the following post is a shorter version of some of the ideas I discuss in this paper on Questions, Curiosity and Inquiry. Questions are the root of inquiry; they initiate, sustain and invigorate all aspects of deep learning. Questions direct investigation, drive creativity, stimulate…

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The Cycle of Life

Posted on 20th March 201426th August 2018 By Leo Casey

Next Friday 28th of March I will take part in the Galway Cycle. This involves a cycle from Maynooth to Galway in one day. This will be by far and a way the longest and most challenging cycle I have done. I have trained and prepared well but admit to being nervous and apprehensive. I…

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Learning, Participation and After Virtue

Posted on 25th October 201326th August 2018 By Leo Casey No Comments on Learning, Participation and After Virtue

What makes a good person? This is an old and important question.  Philosophers and theologians through the years have sought an answer including Aristotle, Aquinas, Hume, Kierkegaard, Newman, Nietzsche and others. Alasdair MacIntyre provides a useful analysis of the history of thinking on this question and the current state of moral philosophy in his books…

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Why We Learn

Posted on 4th July 201327th August 2018 By Leo Casey

Sometimes big questions just sit under our noses and are too close and obvious to warrant attention. The matter of why we learn falls into this category. It seems obvious that we learn every day of our lives and that learning is important but why is it so? Part of the answer lies in our…

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