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lkryder

Annie Murphy Paul: Why Teaching Someone Else is the Best Way To Learn | TIME.com - 0 views

ideas.time.com/...the-protege-effect

teaching teachable agents technology

shared by lkryder on 21 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Above all, it’s the emotions elicited by teaching that make it such a powerful vehicle for learning. Student tutors feel chagrin when their virtual pupils fail; when the characters succeed, they feel what one expert calls by the Yiddish term nachas. Don’t know that word? I had to learn it myself: “Pride and satisfaction that is derived from someone else’s accomplishment.”
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      lkryder on 21 Jul 14
       
      Nachas is a word used in gaming as mentoring, teaching presence from players is common
  • On a subsequent test of their skills, the students who had observed agents using rules of reasoning to solve a problem “significantly outperformed” students who had only practiced applying the rules themselves.
  • A 2009 study of Betty’s Brain published in the Journal of Science Education and Technology found that students engaged in instructing her spent more time going over the material and learned it more thoroughly.
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  • The benefits of this practice were indicated by a pair of articles published in 2007 in the journals Science and Intelligence. The studies concluded that first-born children are more intelligent than their later-born brothers and sisters and suggested that their higher IQs result from the time they spend showing their younger siblings the ropes. Educators are experimenting with ways to apply this model to academic subjects. In an ingenious program at the University of Pennsylvania, a “cascading mentoring program” engages college undergraduates to teach computer science to high school students, who in turn instruct middle school students on the topic.
  • lkryder on 21 Jul 14
     
    Protege effect and some interesting information on "teachable agent"
  • lkryder on 21 Jul 14
     
    interesting to think of the technology as the component the student teaches, rather than as the teaching/teacher presence
Amy M

Bloom's Taxonomy and Online Education: Overview of Education Theory - 0 views

education-portal.com/...rview_of_Education_Theory.html

shared by Amy M on 10 Jun 12 - No Cached
  • Bloom's Taxonomy was developed on the premise that there are six levels of cognitive learning. All of these levels together represent a hierarchy. In order to reach the next level, you must master the previous level.
  • Bloom's Taxonomy can be used in virtually all parts of the online learning process, from writing course content to coming up with topics for online discussions. The University of Virginia's OnlineLearn resource recommends that teachers of online courses spend a block of time each day monitoring class forums to evaluate the effectiveness of current online discussions (http://onlinelearn.edschool.virginia.edu). They can then add discussion questions that will nudge students to think on a higher level of Bloom's Taxonomy.
  • Amy M on 10 Jun 12
     
    Bloom's and Online Education.  A good resource developed for online learning.
Catherine Strattner

Illinois Online Network: Instructional Resources : Pointers and Clickers : Facilitating... - 1 views

www.ion.uillinois.edu/...index.asp

Online Learning facilitation learning time management

shared by Catherine Strattner on 08 Jun 12 - Cached
  • Make the chunks or pieces of information small enough to appeal to and be processed by those who have only 15 to 30 minutes a day to log in. These small pieces of information can quickly be processed by the student who can then return later to finish other assignments. There can be more than one chunk of information per unit or module, but the unit itself should be broke into manageable chunks.
  • An online syllabus should also contain information relating to the length of time a given assignment is anticipated to take for the average student.
  • With an engaging course in which many students are active participants, the number of messages posted within any course discussion forum can quickly grow. When such a case presents itself, it is a good idea to give specific minimum (and maximum if necessary) requirements concerning the number of posts each student is required to submit. For example, in an ice-breaking activity, you could require each student to post responses to 2 other student posts chosen by selecting the student above and below that student in a listing of students sorted by some criteria such as alphabetically by login. When minimum requirements and other guidelines are given, students know how much work is expected of them for the assignment, ensuring that they will allocate enough time to do an adequate job and enabling them able to prioritize their time. Even an active student can have a busy week in which he/she must schedule time to properly meet this minimum requirement.
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  • Also, many would argue that students (and people in general) have a naturally inquisitive nature. To bring out this potential in one's students, try building "discovery" activities into the course. Ask students to find a new site or pose a question of their own on a weekly basis. Any activity that involves the students will aid in their motivation.
  • If a student is beginning to lag behind the rest of the course, or the student is not making the required posts, direct items specifically to that student. When prompting higher order thinking, provide a list of students that you would like to respond to the question. Always be sure that such lists include active students as well to take the pressure off the lagging student as having to be the first one to post a response.
  • Lisa Martin on 08 Jun 12
     
    I highlighted time management strategies in the text but when it posted here, it was messed up...It looked fine in my library, but not here. Sorry, it should still be highlighted when you get there.
  • Catherine Strattner on 09 Jun 12
     
    Excellent tips on facilitating online learning skills.
efleonhardt

JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views

jolt.merlot.org/...young_0611.htm

online learning community engagement research

shared by efleonhardt on 21 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • Classroom community and student engagement are closely related to one another
  • sense of connectedness and psychological closeness rather than isolation are better prepared to become more actively involved with online learning and the resulting higher order thinking and knowledge building
  • text-based experiences are likely insufficient for participants to break down the barriers created by distance and the lack of face-to-face interaction.
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  • emphasized the need for instructors to validate all student perspectives, as well as acknowledge differing beliefs and biases, to create a safe and welcoming community that helps students become “more engaged and feel more interconnected”
  • who provide a structured and comfortable classroom environment that involves the participation of everyone in the learning activities
  • thoughtful care for instructors to help students become engaged in their learning and to design virtual classrooms that enhance a sense of community
  • carefully plan ways for students to interact, students can focus on achieving course learning goals
  • focus primarily on academic content and not as much on meaningful, interpersonal connections.
  • such as Facebook, twittering and blogging, might increase the social presence of all of the students as well as the teaching presence of the instructor.
  • collaborative decision-making related to communication protocols, and required and ongoing student postings in online discussions
  • instructors need to find ways to help students feel more strongly connected with each other and with the instructor and to facilitate activities that more actively involve students in their own learning.
Jessica M

Special Education, Technology, and Teacher Education - 1 views

site.aace.org/...specialeducation.pdf

Special Education Technology

shared by Jessica M on 21 Jul 14 - No Cached
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 21 Jul 14
       
      "access to technology can provide meaningful learning experiences to develop problem solving and higher order thinking skills and to function in the world beyond the classroom"
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 21 Jul 14
       
      "The view of technology as playing a "role" for the student with disabilities includes a focus on  the teacher's integration of technology into the learning environment and on technology's impact on student outcomes and related benefits"
    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 21 Jul 14
       
      "It is imperative that the general education curricula be made  accessible to all students and include research-based practices that result in achievement for students with  disabilities"
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    • Jessica M
      Jessica M on 21 Jul 14
       
      "encourages multiple means of expression in the demonstration of understanding as well as multiple  means of engagement... flexibility in the curriculum to meet students' diverse learning  characteristics and styles and allow them to be incorporated into the learning process."
Melissa Pietricola

Active/Cooperative Learning - 0 views

www.foundationcoalition.org/...collaborative_learning.html

cooperative education

shared by Melissa Pietricola on 27 Jun 10 - Cached
  • "When using active learning students are engaged in more activities than just listening. They are involved in dialog, debate, writing, and problem solving, as well as higher-order thinking, e.g., analysis, synthesis, evaluation."
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