We have guest in this episode! Wil Lim, Centre Director for the Immersive Experience and Technology Centre (IXTC), Singapore Polytechnic, joins Dennis and Mark to dissect the growing importance of Immersive Learning, why people should take a closer look at it and what you, as an educator can do to start your quest to introduce Immersive Learning.

In Part B, Wil shares about HiverLab, a website where you can explore immersive learning technologies and also Vizzio technologies that uses AI to create stunning 3D simulations that can take teaching and learning to a whole new level

Mark shares his tool of the week, Evernote Web Clipper where you can clip PDFs, Web pages to only the portions that you want and save it in one collection in your Evernote.

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We are already 3 months into the new year and here are some trends that may impact teaching and learning and also training. We unpack the ideas and see what this means for educators and teachers and how they can embrace these possible innovations.

See the link to the innovations - https://www.upgrad.com/blog/top-education-trends/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwz7uRBhDRARIsAFqjulli-7cN9zck63XrzM2B_Oh_EAmnHzoyLip_Q8xTM1PNtKdOqU3GIGgaAi4eEALw_wcB

In Part 2, Mark shares the tool Small PDF, a Chrome extension that allows you to edit PDF documents. A nifty little tool!

Link - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/smallpdf-edit-compress-an/ohfgljdgelakfkefopgklcohadegdpjf?hl=en

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Singapore politics is usually described as predictable and boring. However in recent weeks, an MP generated some controversy when he suggested that local degrees in Singapore have a "time-stamp" of 5 years. You can of course imagine the outrage. He has since clarified his comments that he wanted people to think about the importance of Life-Long learning. In this episode, Dennis and Mark strip away the political nuances and try and unpack this idea of life-long learning and what it means to engage on life-long learning.

In part 2, Mark recommends that you watch the movie "3 Idiots". It is going to be a bit long, but well worth the watch and especially meaningful if you area teacher or an educator. It is available on Netflix.

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He is an associate consultant and CET lecturer in two local polytechnics where he provides services such as train-the-trainers for workplace learning, designing performance support and needs assessments.  He is also an associate consultant with the polytechnic’s international arm for regional industry and vocational skills transformation projects on TVET and i4.0.

In Part 2, we look at Loom, a Google Extension screen recording app that you can use to create quick videos. Check it out. Click here

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It's episode 23! What are some of the beliefs and principles of the seminary book by Geoff Petty - Evidence Based Teaching - A Practical Approach? What should teachers take away from the these principles and more importantly what can they do to bring these principles to life in their classrooms and make the student learning experience more effective? Dennis and Mark discuss these principles and offer their own insights from their own personal experiences.

In Part 2, Mark shares some hardware this time. Check out the Creative Technology very affordable Headsets especially if you are doing online teaching a fair bit. With crisp sounds and comfort important for me, I highly recommend Creative's products. And no, we do NOT get a cut and this is not an advert. Check out Creative's products at - https://en.creative.com/sale/

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What is the world of work going to look like in a post-pandemic world. How does this change learning and more importantly, how will this impact teachers in the way that they teach to ensure students thrive in this world? Dennis and Mark discuss the possibilities, offer some suggestions and also a thesis on what teaching and learning will look like in time to come.

Today's tech tool is a nifty site called my edtech bundle. Here's the link - https://www.myedtechbundle.com/

At myedtechbundle, you can get premium mini-subscriptions to the best edtech tools available today for FREE.  That's right, grab as many tools as you want at no cost! You can also download several tools at once (we call that a bundle) to see what you like best! Try it out!

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This is another special episode as we have a guest - Capt Savio Coutinho who joins Dennis and Mark to talk about Competency Based Training. Capt Savio has been involved in Maritime education and training for close to 15 years. Prior to that, he was sailing on commercial ships fr 14 years including  2 years in command. And yes folks, he has sailed the Straits of Aden (near Somalia). He has completed an MSc in Maritime Studies (NTU) and an MSc in Education (Uni of Melbourne). 

When he is not over-achieving, Savio enjoys running in his spare time. 

In this episode we talk about the issues surrounding competency based training, why does it suffer from a bad rep, the challenges surrounding competency based education and also what are some things one can do if you are interested in starting competency based education.

In part 2, you can check out the book Sapiens recommended by Savio and you can also check out the this nifty EduTech tool, that uses Voice-Overs from famous people. You can use it for online learning as a sort of variety. Check out https://vo.codes/

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20 Episodes! A milestone. In today's Chinese New Year's episode, Dennis attempts to speak Chinese and we look the idea of intelligence and if teachers can continue to develop students' IQ and more importantly, how we should do it.

Today's nifty tool is synthesia.io. If you are creating elearning material and need a voice-over, check this site out. This is AI enabled and all you need to do is to type the text and you will get a highly professional video that reads your text. Try it out!

Click the link for synthesia - www.synthesia.io

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It's back to just the 2 of us in today's episode! In this episode, Dennis and Mark unpack the nuances of using ICT for teaching and learning and share their favourite go to EduTech tools.

This week's tool of the week is Canva. Canva is a simple to use application that allows you to create visually stunning infographics and posters among many other things. There are numerous templates that you can also use. Check it out at www.canva.com

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We are on a roll! Second episode in a row where we have a guest! Today's guest Dr. Caleb Or joins us to talk about Education Research and what teachers can do to begin their journey into the field.

Dr Caleb Or was an elementary school teacher before assuming a vice-principal position in two Singapore public primary schools. He is also a trained instructional designer whose research interests are in technology acceptance models and online assessment systems.

This episode's tool of the week is none other than the Anchor. FM app! It is the very same app that we use to create these podcasts. You can make use of the app to record little pods for your students and publish it so that they can use it anywhere, anytime and it is FREE!

Check it out here - https://anchor.fm/

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