Posted in learning, learning-journey, pedagogy on Jun 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Second Reflection on Online Pedagogy
Belinda Allan
This was my last subject (along with one other) in my Masters degree, so things were beginning to make sense. I was much better at writing to an academic standard as well as reading faster and more efficiently all the papers required.
Being the end of my Masters, and given the [...]
Posted in learning, learning-journey, teaching, web2.0 on May 25th, 2008 2 Comments »
Graphic from Assembly of the Museums Australia education group (there’s also a paper to go with the map)
Loved this picture when I first saw it and it sums not only social software in the middle, but all of Web 2.0’s offerings. I also like the concept of radical trust as the net and these technologies [...]
Posted in learning, teaching on May 10th, 2008 No Comments »
Something all education boards should watch before planning sessions.
Favourite quote
“It’s the death of education, but it’s the dawn of learning”
- Steven Happell
Posted in assessment, groupwork, learning, pedagogy on Apr 29th, 2008 No Comments »
See… I’m all for cooperative, collaborative learning and love sharing ideas, having meetings and generally have a good time whilst learning in a group. In fact, I love it. Where it gets my back up is having my grades rely on other people’s effort. I can name very few people that have as strong a [...]
Posted in interaction, learning, pedagogy on Apr 10th, 2008 No Comments »
The term ‘interaction’ has been misused and “carries so many meanings as to be almost useless unless specific submeanings can be defined and generally agreed upon.” (Moore, 1989, cited in Yacci, 2000).
“There are four major attributes to the concept of interactivity:
Interactivity is a message loop;
Instructional interactivity occurs from the learner’s point of view and does [...]
Posted in learning, pedagogy, teaching on Mar 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
Sufficient levels of deep and meaningful learning can be developed, as long as one of the three forms of interaction (student-teacher; student-student; student-content) is at very high levels. The other two may be offered at minimal levels or even eliminated without degrading the educational experience. (Anderson, 2002)1
I’m not sure I agree with this. I understand [...]
Posted in learning, pedagogy on Mar 22nd, 2008 No Comments »
One of my biggest dilemmas in online learning was the reading level required within the course (which would be present in face-to-face study) but added to this is the reading required to participate in asynchronous discussion (more reading). When I do a VARK style test (Visual, Auditory, Reading and Kinaesthetic) my visual is highest followed [...]
Posted in learning, pedagogy on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Situation
“The new trainees are waiting downstairs, and I’m not sure what to do with them. I know Helen was going to do some kind of assessment so she could start developing the students’ training profiles this week, but she’s away today - any suggestions??”“Well, there are some communication assessments in that storeroom cupboard, I think [...]
Posted in learning, pedagogy on Mar 20th, 2008 1 Comment »
Primary School (Years 1-7)I remember back to primary assessment where assessment wasn’t really planned for (by children) in the way of study and the teacher seemed to hope that some of the message got through for each child to pass. I remember thinking it would be better to assess straight after learning for facts and [...]
Posted in learning, teaching on Mar 15th, 2008 No Comments »
From - Pratt, D. (2005). Personal philosophies of teaching: A false promise? Academe, Retrieved March 15, 2008, from http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2005/JF/Feat/pratt.htm
What an interesting concept that learner centred teaching that has been the mantra of academia and institutions alike is worthless jargon for 2 reasons:-
If you get 20 people in a room, you have 20 different definitions [...]
