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More Free Online Courses. Udacity.
Posted on November 16, 2012 | No CommentsPreviously I mentioned that I intended to do a free calculus course through Coursera. That got delayed so I looked around for another option to fill the time… Udacity.com is part of the growing crowd of organisations providing free online university level courses. Udacity’s courses are heavily biased towards computer... -
The Parts of Khan Academy That Work (Really Well)
Posted on October 12, 2012 | 5 CommentsKhan Academy is one of the more high profile members of the rapidly growing online education world. Plus of course the “traditional classroom supplemented by online content” world, the home schooling world, the additional stuff to prevent smart kids from getting bored world and probably a lot more. Although I... -
Free Educational Resources For Digital Nomads (And Everyone Else)
Posted on October 5, 2012 | 2 CommentsA quiet revolution is going on in education. One that is making it possible for millions of people to continue their education at radically reduced cost. While this may seem off topic for Magic Travel Blog this is a trend which long term travellers really should be aware of. One... -
What you need to study online on the road to anywhere
Posted on April 13, 2012 | No CommentsBeing location independent is not just about working. It can also be about studying. Studying anything you desire online from anywhere in the world. At any time. Just because you want to travel does not mean you have to give up on learning. There are so many online courses that... -
Open University Australia – Undergraduate Units Without Exams Updated
Posted on March 2, 2012 | 5 CommentsFollowing on from my original post about Open University Australia’s Undergraduate Units Without Exams found here, below is the updated list of all undergraduate units offered by Open University Australia without exams meaning that you can take them from anywhere in the world. Please use the below list as a... -
How do I get started teaching English in Asia?
Posted on September 28, 2011 | 5 Comments“How do I get started teaching English in Asia?” I see this question being asked a lot on travel sites all over the Internet. Back in February 2009 Tanya and I did a TEFL (teaching English as a foreign language) course in Chiang Mai, Thailand, got jobs and spent the... -
The point of the Moodle chat module
Posted on September 13, 2011 | No CommentsUntil recently I wasn’t really sure of the educational value of the chat module in Moodle. Chat rooms were for goofing off on the Internet. Not learning stuff. How wrong I was. Noticing one little piece of functionality opened my eyes. Scheduled chat times. No longer are chat rooms places... -
Managing large groups in Moodle
Posted on September 5, 2011 | 2 CommentsSetting up and managing large groups of students can be tiresome. Fortunately Moodle provides a few tools to help ease the pain. Firstly, automatic group creation. Simply specify how many groups you would like or how many students you want per group and Moodle will do the rest. With a... -
Assessment with Moodle
Posted on August 10, 2011 | No CommentsAssessment in the context of online learning can be tricky. Luckily Moodle provides a range of tools that try to make assessment in Moodle courses both easy and accurate. The most obvious of these is the assignment module. Four types of assignment are supported. They allow users to upload their... -
Finding time for your online course
Posted on August 3, 2011 | No CommentsStudying online is tough. Tougher than I realized. My house is full of distractions. The TV is on, my wife wants regular updates about what I’m learning, unread emails are piling up, the rest of the Internet beckons and the other work I need to do isn’t going anywhere. I’m... -
Moodlemoot Australia 2011 in Sydney
Posted on July 21, 2011 | 1 CommentI recently had the pleasure of attending the 2011 Moodlemoot in Sydney, Australia. It was wonderful to meet some real live Moodle users. Sitting in the Moodle office in Perth its difficult to comprehend just how many people there are out there using Moodle. I took notes on all the... -
Open University Australia – Undergraduate Units without exams
Posted on July 15, 2011 | 4 CommentsAs of the middle of July 2011, the below list are the units that Open University Australia offer at an Undergraduate University level without exams. I have been going through each unit at www.oua.edu.au looking for these types of units as they are easier to complete whilst travelling or living... -
Studying while travelling
Posted on May 28, 2009 | No CommentsWhat does one do when arriving in Thailand with the almighty dream of teaching English to little Thai children, doing a TEFL certificate, gaining full time employment whilst not having a degree, and realizing that full time teaching is not cut out for you? Well… you chuck in the full... -
TEFL training – the end of week four and the first day of the rest of our lives
Posted on March 30, 2009 | No CommentsWell, we have finally reached the end of our TEFL course. The grammar test is done and dusted and our last teaching prac is in the bag. On Friday we had a final Thai lesson and the certificate handing out ceremony. Along with our certificates we received the results of... -
TEFL training – week four
Posted on March 24, 2009 | No CommentsWell here we are in the final week of our TEFL course. Thus far we’ve had four one hour teaching practical assessment and a written grammar test. We have two more teaching pracs this week then we’re done!! We have each done a one hour one on one lesson with... -
TEFL in Thailand – beginning week three
Posted on March 17, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s now Tuesday of week three of our course. Week two was our final week of organized grammar, Thai language and teaching classes. From here on it’s all teaching practice and assessments. Last week we all had to interview a Thai student, transcribe the interview and identify their grammatical errors... -
TEFL training – the end of week one
Posted on March 8, 2009 | No CommentsIts now Sunday afternoon and we’ve reached the end of the first week of our tefl course. Friday was our cultural awareness day. We started the day by going through some elements of Thai culture we need to be aware of. We then headed outside, jumped in the back of... -
TEFL day two
Posted on March 3, 2009 | No CommentsToday was the second day of our 4 week tefl course. Today consisted of three hours of English language grammar instruction, one hour of Thai language instruction, lunch, then 3 hours of teaching instruction and practice. I think this will be the regular format for the first two weeks of... -
TEFL training in Thailand. It has begun.
Posted on March 2, 2009 | No CommentsToday was the first day of our TEFL course (Teaching english as a foreign language). It’s a four week course designed to turn raw civilions into skilled teachers able to confidently walk into a classroom of students. Generally it was a relief to get started as it all appears much... -
Baby steps
Posted on December 2, 2008 | No CommentsHi folks. We have now officially applied to SEE and been accepted. Our deposit is paid and our next task is getting our visas. We’re after a Non-immigrant B visa which means we’re able to both study and work in Thailand. To get the appropriate visa we need a copy... -
A plan takes shape
Posted on November 11, 2008 | No CommentsSo… we are off to teach english in Thailand! Now… i know a lot of you are wondering what the hell happened to going to Sydney? Well to cut that story quite short, we both realized that going to Sydney would mean we would have to work long hours to...
