Black with none
by Julie Woodlock

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Julie Woodlock

Settle back with a nice cup of tea and read this interesting and unorthodox article by Julie Woodlock. This is her story about basic survival as a flexible learning practitioner and the position she takes on e-learning options.

Using the metaphor of how best to make a cup of tea, Woodlock considers how best we can deliver flexible learning. Difference, it is argued can be marshalled as a resource to learning. The learning environment however must be negotiated with 21st Century learners. Woodlock argues that the explicit pedagogy of inclusion and access (AEPIA), proposed by theorists Kalantzis and Cope, can be expanded upon. New Explicit Learning/teaching for Everyone (NELE) is her expansion of this theory. NELE is a reconstitution of Kalantzis and Cope's pedagogy that takes account of technological and organisational changes. It is argued that NELE is the 'right blend' as it is a model of teaching/learning that embraces skills acquisition and acknowledges the life skills and knowledge that learners bring to the learning environment.

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