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Peter West is Director of eLearning at Saint Stephen's College in Australia. He has over 15 years’ experience leading K12 schools in technology enhanced education, particularly blended learning using online learning environments. He can be contacted at pwest@ssc.qld.edu.au.
Latest posts by Peter West (see all)
  • The traditional classroom works so why change it? - February 23, 2017
  • Are outdated computers reverting students to a prehistoric era? - November 17, 2016
  • Blended learning and the paradox of the experienced teacher - September 30, 2014

The traditional classroom works so why change it?

February 23, 2017 by Peter West
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The traditional classroom works, so why change it? This is something anyone involved in leading educational change hears at some ... Read more
Categories District Management, eClassroom News, IT Management, Opinion, Teaching & Learning

Are outdated computers reverting students to a prehistoric era?

November 17, 2016 by Peter West
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If today’s educators continue to encourage the use of keyboards instead of digital ink and paper, they run the risk of being a ‘pager’ teacher in a smart…
Categories eClassroom News, Featured on eSchool News, IT Management, Opinion, Research, Teaching & Learning

Blended learning and the paradox of the experienced teacher

September 30, 2014 by By Peter West
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Assuming a good teacher in the traditional classroom will be a good teacher in a blended learning environment is wrong. The terminology alone provides a clue; after all,…
Categories Curriculum, eClassroom News, Featured Best Practice, IT Management, Teaching & Learning, Top News

It’s called blended learning (not blended teaching) for a reason

September 11, 2014 by By Peter West
Many educators now accept the need to provide course materials online in a Learning Management System (LMS). However, this is only part of the solution as we move…
Categories Blended Learning, IT Management, Teaching & Learning

Using your LMS to provide powerful support for teacher intuition

August 22, 2014 by By Peter West
A well-designed blended learning course can provide a teacher with greater insights to support his or her intuition. Here's how.
Categories Curriculum, eClassroom News, Featured Best Practice, IT Management, Teaching & Learning, Top News

It’s not accelerated learning; we just stopped decelerated teaching

July 7, 2014 by By Peter West
Self-paced Blended Learning continues to produce amazing results. As self-paced courses "mature," they continue to improve; resources get fine-tuned and teachers become comfortable and confident with the new…
Categories Curriculum, eClassroom News, Featured Best Practice, IT Management, Teaching & Learning, Top News

Why everything about personalized learning is about to change

June 18, 2014 by By Peter West
Be prepared to be amazed...very amazed. A quantum leap in the way online learning materials are organized and presented to students is happening as you read this. It…
Categories Curriculum, eClassroom News, IT Management, Personalized Learning: How Technology Can Help, Teaching & Learning, Top News

Four ways to extend the ‘fast’ blended learning student

August 7, 2014June 4, 2014 by By Peter West
Self-paced blended learning (and any type of blended learning that provides access for students to "future" learning materials) produces a wonderful "problem" - what should be done with…
Categories Blended Learning, IT Management, Teaching & Learning

4 easy solutions for a successful blended learning transition

May 26, 2014 by By Peter West
The world changes, and when it does the old ways of doing things may no longer work. The answers that used to be correct in the past may…
Categories Curriculum, eClassroom News, Featured Best Practice, Featured on eSchool News, IT Management, Teaching & Learning, Top News

Office 365 enhances smooth transition to a Bring Your Own Laptop program

May 21, 2014May 1, 2014 by By Peter West
Experience in a real-life scenario in a K12 school at the beginning of 2014 demonstrated that an integrated Microsoft environment that leverages cloud based solutions can help an…
Categories Featured on eSchool News, IT Management, Opinion, Teaching & Learning, Top News
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