Jotuno Education Desk
The Jotuno Education Desk covers learning, assessment, research, digital literacy and inclusive educational practice.
Published Articles
Better Note-Taking for Deeper Learning
Useful notes capture meaning, questions and connections rather than reproducing every word, making later retrieval and application more effective.
How Spaced Practice Strengthens Memory
Spaced practice improves long-term memory by revisiting knowledge across time and combining recall with varied application.
Feedback That Learners Can Actually Use
Feedback supports learning when it is timely, specific, understandable and followed by a genuine opportunity to revise or practise again.
Digital Literacy Beyond Basic Device Skills
Digital literacy includes finding evidence, protecting privacy, understanding platforms and creating responsibly, not simply operating applications.
How Adults Learn New Skills Effectively
Adult learning becomes effective when it connects to existing experience, immediate goals, deliberate practice and feedback within realistic schedules.
Designing Assessments That Show Real Learning
Strong assessment reveals understanding and application through varied evidence while keeping expectations, accessibility and academic integrity clear.
Why Collaborative Learning Needs Structure
Collaborative learning works when roles, accountability, dialogue and reflection are taught explicitly instead of assuming group work creates cooperation.
How to Evaluate an Online Course
A valuable online course connects credible instruction with practice, feedback, accessibility and evidence that learning transfers beyond completion.
Improving Reading Comprehension Step by Step
Reading comprehension grows through purposeful preview, active questioning, vocabulary, summarising and comparison across increasingly complex texts.
Why Creativity Belongs in Every Classroom
Creativity helps learners generate, test and refine ideas across subjects when knowledge, constraints and a safe climate support experimentation.
How to Build a Realistic Study Plan
A realistic study plan works backwards from evidence of learning, protects focused time and includes buffers for ordinary disruption.
Media Literacy for a Fast-Moving News Cycle
Media literacy helps people distinguish reporting, opinion and manipulation while checking provenance, context and evidence before sharing.
The Renewed Importance of Vocational Education
Vocational education connects knowledge with workplace practice, offering valuable pathways when quality, mobility and employer partnership are strong.
Inclusive Classroom Design in Practice
Inclusive classrooms anticipate varied ways of accessing, participating and demonstrating learning while maintaining meaningful educational goals.