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alexandra m. pickett

Mike's reflection blog on on-line learning within 2.0. - 1 views

shared by alexandra m. pickett on 20 Jul 10 - Cached
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  • I have 222 discussion questions. 
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      if you do all the work, who does all the learning? 222 question?! now wouldn't it be cool if your students came up with even half of those questions themselves?
  • It’s forced me to get out of my comfort area of relating to other music teachers and challenged me to consider music and my teaching of it as it related to other disciplines transposed to the on-line learning environment.
  • I’ve included the student need for teaching presence in my discussion rubric but need to further create ways to be part of their learning.  This might be just sitting on the sidelines and observing until I feel the need to re-set the climate for learning if it’s off track.
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  • By doing these activities I have become even more challenged and feel even more uncomfortable.  Now I am dipping my other foot in to the online course world.  I am inserting my knowledge to this new forum.  It’s as if I’m putting my quarter in and watching the wheels turn until they stop on something. What will that something be?  I must have felt that I was in some kind of comfort zone. Then I was understanding and proving myself valuable to the other student’s learning.
  • I am going to have to think very deeply about. That suggestion is to give more freedom to my students. The students in my course can better express their creativity by having to create their own activities!  Wow!  This is going to be hard…
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      sometimes you can only achieve what you are trying to achieve by letting go... trust yourself and trust your students.
    • Mike Fortune
       
      Thanks for the advice Professor!
  • Creating PDFs takes lot of time
    • Joan Erickson
       
      I have been following your posts, I know you finally got it to work and were able to link pdfs successfully!
    • Mike Fortune
       
      Yes thankfully!
  • 222
  • If discussions wane then I can take one of these questions out and use them to stimulate new discussions
    • Joan Erickson
       
      hey that's great and smart idea!
    • Mike Fortune
       
      Thanks. They are not going to be introduced all together. That would be too much.
  • seeismic did not register me properly
    • Joan Erickson
       
      can you try again with a junk email account? I'd love to hear your input
  • Being taught what is effective, seeing it being applied to me and then being involved in reflection of its relation to my instruction is the sequence of events that [helped my learning].  This might seem as a surprising statement considering my own blog entry requirements were so open-ended and free-form, a sincere effort to provide scaffolding, that looking back such an attempt could not result in effective metacognitive resolution.
  • Therefore I will continue exploring what I have learned in this course and consider the possibility that there may have been things going on in this course that I did not learn because I did not internalize them.  (3)
Aubrey Warneck

Tools for facilitating PBL? » Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views

  • The real world is full of groups working on project teams, and part of the solution to fixing the disconnect between 21st century skills which employers say they want, and the skills emphasized in our schools, is operationalizing a learning culture in our classrooms which regularly involves project-based learning.
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    Someone's blog discussing the need for students to work in facilitated learning groups on project based learning because this is what they will face in the real world.
alexandra m. pickett

My New Adventure in Online Teaching - 1 views

  • I also was reminded that in many cases, our students technical skills often far surpass our own and that our course development and approach to online teaching should be informed by that fact. 
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      how do you come to this conclusion? is it supported in the SLN demographic data? are you sure this it true? do you buy into the digital native vs. immigrant assertion?
  • I already recognize that this will require me to sacrifice spontaneity and creativity at times but I think on balance it is the right way to go.
  • online teaching requires me to do something I hate - completely rethink my approach. 
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  • theory is easy and practical application is a lot of blood, sweat, and tears. 
  • I’ve constantly considered and reconsidered the importance of my role as the teacher as I’ve laid out Module after Module.
  • I am still not entirely sold on the need to have the entire course completed ahead of time – though who am I to argue with the experts? 
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      hey bill. our research findings support this assertion and i want you to know that there is a positive and significant correlation between the percentage of course completed prior to the first day of the course and student (and faculty) satisfation and reported learning. Seems like building the airplane whilst in flight is not a good idea - the faculty experience is negatively impacted and the students also notice...
  • In other words, modifications can be done in a controlled setting. 
  • My emotions ran the spectrum from a little bit of anger at being asked to complete a task that I didn’t entirely think was realistic, to disappointment in myself that, even though I thought I had caught up, I obviously was still just treading water.  I’ve settled somewhere in the middle but regardless I decided to just put and shut up and make my way through the remainder of the course development process.
  • what I will take away from it is so much more than any all-nighter I might have put in.  I now feel confident to teach my own online courses and hope to begin implementing a hybrid online program in the 2010-2011 school year.   This class has given me that kind of confidence and I’m all the better for it.
Luke Fellows

RSA Animate - Changing Education Paradigms - YouTube - 0 views

shared by Luke Fellows on 30 May 11 - No Cached
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    Sir Ken Robinson lecture. This animate was adapted from a talk given at the RSA by Sir Ken Robinson, world-renowned education and creativity expert and recipient of the RSA's
Diane Gusa

The Best Online Sources For Images - 2 views

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    I love visuals, and all these sources enables me to not mistakenly post a picture that does not have a Creative Commons licenses
Diane Gusa

Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Adventure Studying: An Unconventional New Approach to Exam Preperation - 0 views

  • Conventional wisdom says: studying happens on campus, or, if you’re feeling particularly crazy, maybe in a Starbucks near campus. And that’s it. It is supposed to be a grind that takes place in in the same old boring libraries surrounded by the same old boring people.
  • adventure studying.
  • Our minds crave novelty
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  • paper writing in novel environments
  • be more creative
  • form stronger comprehension
  • Just because it’s “tradition” to spend the week before exams holed up in the library in some macho display of academic self-flagellation, this doesn’t mean that you have to follow this path.
  • If you take up the adventure studying challenge — and I hope you do
Diane Gusa

14 « February « 2007 « Moving at the Speed of Creativity - 0 views

    • Diane Gusa
       
      Safe environments to take risks = learning by doing.
Diane Gusa

DA-SS101: Group Final Project - 0 views

    • Diane Gusa
       
      Will you organize the goups?
  • The Story of an Hour creative interpretation
    • Diane Gusa
       
      could you have used one of these films as an assignment comparing the story and the interpretation? This would be engaging for visual learners.
Donna Angley

MIT OpenCourseWare | Writing and Humanistic Studies | 21W.755 Writing and Reading Short Stories, Fall 2006 | Syllabus - 0 views

shared by Donna Angley on 16 Jul 11 - No Cached
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  • different writers have addressed issues of plot, character, place and theme
    • Donna Angley
       
      I'm feeling more confident that my modules are right on topic.
  • devoted to workshops of original student stories.
    • Donna Angley
       
      This is really a great idea and one that I will keep in mind as my course evolves. I really enjoy writing myself and watching students write creatively, so this might be something I'd want to incorporate into my course eventually.
  • Reading the stories and articles as assigned and participating in discussion of these works is the center of our exploration.
    • Donna Angley
       
      The discussions in the online environment are the heart of the course learning activities.
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  • We shall workshop stories by both professional writers
    • Donna Angley
       
      Excellent idea!
  • your journal
    • Donna Angley
       
      My students will be blogging as their journaling tool.
  • The requirements to receive an A are harder to quantify, but they include more sophistication and grace in the writing, lively storytelling, and prose that approaches publishable quality.
    • Donna Angley
       
      Seems a little vague...perhaps a rubic would help students to understand how to get the "A"
Diane Gusa

Humor, Analogy, and Metaphor: H.A.M. it up in Teaching - 0 views

    • Diane Gusa
       
      Very strong statement!
    • Diane Gusa
       
      I am a metaphoric person...when I want to remember or learn deeply a metaphor helps me.
  • The proper use of humor, analogy, and metaphor appropriate to the topic can provide benefits in the college classroom.
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  • Better comprehension,
  • increased retention of material,
  • more comfortable learning environment
  • effective use of these strategies.
  • Humor has been defined as “the mental faculty of discovering, expressing or appreciating something that is comical, amusing, or absurdly incongruous” (Merriam-Webster, 2001, p.564)
  • The use of humor as a pedagogical tool has been shown to reduce classroom anxiety, create a more positive atmosphere, as well as facilitate the learning process (Berk, 1996, 1998; Garner, 2003, in press; Glenn, 2002; Hill, 1988; Pollio & Humphreys, 1996).
  • Garner (in press) found that participants who were exposed to a series of lectures containing course-specific humor demonstrated increased retention of the course-content information as compared to those who received the same material without the infusion of humor.
  • According to Glenn (2002), humor may physiologically help to connect left-brain activities with the right-brained creative side
  • teaching philosophies of highly-rated teachers finds the use of humor as an important component of their teaching strategies. Humor can increase (Civikly, 1986) and sustain (Dodge & Rossett, 1982) student interest in learning and provides a means to engage in divergent thinking. Instructors’ use of effective humor in the classroom can foster mutual respect (Kher, Molstad, & Donahue, 1999), provide commonalities and connections between the instructor and students (Pollio & Humphreys, 1996) and even increase class attendance (Devadoss & Foltz, 1996; Romer, 1993; White, 1992). According to Bergen (1992), “teachers who use strategies that promote the connection between humor and learning usually provide students with their best school experiences” (p.106).
  • Metaphor and analogy have historically been used as an effective teaching tool. Greek myths, religious texts, and fairytales all use metaphor, analogy, and parables to teach and help us learn expected conduct (Gorden, 1978). The use of metaphor and analogy is pervasive in society in both language and communication
  • According to the National Research Council (2000) the effective use of metaphors and analogies is an important educational strategy.
  • . In teaching, using either analogy or metaphor allows the instructor to relate a potentially unfamiliar idea with that which is familiar.
  • Pedagogical use of analogy and metaphor can enhance learning and retention, but they must have a high degree of resonance for the listene
  • be most effective, an analogy or metaphor must transfer ideas from a familiar concept to one that is less familiar or unknown. According to Bowers (1993) the metaphorical relationship must be clear and accurate—possessing face validity.
  • Williams (1986) suggests that vivid metaphors have the capability to teach in a way that is not always available with the use of words alone.
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    I am comfortable using metaphors, but will need to work on the humor aspect. New goal for the Fall semester.
Matthew Daly

TED Talk by Sir Ken Robinson - 0 views

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    Great talk about how the modern educational system is failing to teach students the skills they need to face future challenges.
Diane Gusa

leading and learning: Experience and Education -John Dewey 1938 - 3 views

  • The primary responsibility of educators is to assist shaping the experience by providing environing conditions and to utilize the surroundings to build up experiences that interact with the personal desires of he students.
    • Diane Gusa
       
      Including blogs in the educational experience provides such an environment.
  • A worthwhile experience arouses curiosity, strengthens initiative and provides a desire to learn sufficiently intense for students to apply effort and to persevere through difficulties.
  • Dewey saw the learning process as a continuous spiral linking past experiences with the present. T
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  • Dewey believed there needed to be an intimate relationship between experience and education and that students had to construct their own learning.
    • Diane Gusa
       
      Inviting a student to talk about what is really important to them (and does not importance arise out of our past experiences?) - telling their truth about themselves to others is the experience that arouses, strengthens, and provides the desire to learn.
  • This is the challenge of creative teaching. I
  • Teachers need to be on the alert to see what attitudes and habits are being developed and this requires that the teacher has some ideas of what is going on in the mind of the learner. The teacher is an important part of any learning experience.
    • Diane Gusa
       
      Student-centered learning does not mean an absent teacher - which can be a person or embodied in a book.
Diane Gusa

Michael Polanyi and tacit knowledge - 0 views

  • Central to Michael Polanyi's thinking was the belief that creative acts (especially acts of discovery) are shot-through or charged with strong personal feelings and commitments (hence the title of his most famous work Personal Knowledge).
  • Polanyi's argument was that the informed guesses, hunches and imaginings that are part of exploratory acts are motivated by what he describes as 'passions'.
  • 'we can know more than we can tell
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  • pre-logical phase of knowing as 'tacit knowledge
  • Michael Polanyi placed a strong emphasis on dialogue within an open community
  • Perhaps the strongest echo of his work that we encounter as educators comes through the work of Donald Schön and Chris Argyris on knowing in action, and in Eisner's consistent arguments for connoisseurship and criticism in evaluation.
  • By paying attention to Polanyi's conception of the  tacit dimension we can begin to make sense of the place of intuition and hunches in informal education practice - and how we can come a better understanding of what might be going on in different situations
  • praxis (informed, committed actions) that stand at the heart of informal education.
Diane Gusa

Learning-Centered Syllabi - 0 views

  • Learning-Centered Syllabi Workshop
  • Creating and using a learner-centered syllabus is integral to the process of creating learning communities.
  • students and their ability to learn are at the center of what we do
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  • we focus on the process of learning rather than the content, that the content and the teacher adapt to the students rather than expecting the students to adapt to the content, that responsibility is placed on students to learn rather than on professors to teach.
  • facilitate student learning rather than to act as "gatekeepers" of knowledge
  • A necessary first step in creating a learning-centered syllabus, according to most sources, is to spend some time thinking about the "big questions" related to why, what, who and how we teach.
  • thoughtful discussions with ourselves and our colleagues about our teaching philosophy and what it means to be an educated person in our discipline
  • We also need to think about how we encourage responsibility for learning in our students.
  • students should progress from a primarily instructor-led approach to a primarily student-initiated approach to learning.
  • participate in planning the course content and activities; clarify their own goals and objectives for the course; monitor and assess their own progress; and establish criteria for judging their own performance within the goals that they have set for themselves, certification or licensing requirements, time constraints, etc.
  • Your first objective is to facilitate learning, not cover a certain block of materia
  • According to Johnson, "course objectives should consist of explicit statements about the ways in which students are expected to change as a result of your teaching and the course activities. These should include changes in thinking skills, feelings, and actions" (p. 3)
  • Don't use words that are open to many interpretations and which are difficult to measure. Make sure that all students understand the same interpretation.
  • here are three primary domains of development for students in a course
  • The Cognitive Domain is associated with knowledge and intellectual skills. The Affective Domain is associated with changes in interests, attitudes, values, applications, and adjustments. And the Psychomotor Domain is associated with manipulative and motor skills
  • An effective learning-centered syllabus should accomplish certain basic goals (Diamond, p. ix): define students' responsibilities; define instructor's role and responsibility to students; provide a clear statement of intended goals and student outcomes; establish standards and procedures for evaluation; acquaint students with course logistics; establish a pattern of communication between instructor and students; and include difficult-to-obtain materials such as readings, complex charts, and graphs.
  • Students need to know why topics are arranged in a given order and the logic of the themes and concepts as they relate to the course structure
  • Clarify the conceptual structure used to organize the course.
  • Does the course involve mostly inductive or deductive reasoning? Is it oriented to problem-solving or theory building? Is it mostly analytical or applied? In answering these questions, acknowledge that they reflect predominant modes in most cases rather than either/or dichotomies.
  • Identify additional equipment or materials needed and sources.
  • "Any student who feels s/he may need an accommodation based on the impact of a disability should contact me privately to discuss your specific needs. Please contact the Disability Resources Office at 515-294-6624 or TTY 515-294-6635 in Room 1076 of the Student Services Building to submit your documentation and coordinate necessary and reasonable accommodation."
  • Use a variety of methods.
  • "A learning-centered syllabus requires that you shift from what you, the instructor, are going to cover in your course to a concern for what information and tools you can provide for your students to promote learning and intellectual development" (Diamond, p. xi).
  • Critical Thinking
  • Critical thinking is a learned skill. The instructor, fellow students, and possibly others are resources. Problems, questions, issues, values, beliefs are the point of entry to a subject and source of motivation for sustained inquiry. Successful courses balance the challenge of critical thinking with the supportive foundation of core principles, theories, etc., tailored to students' developmental needs. Courses are focused on assignments using processes that apply content rather than on lectures and simply acquiring content. Students are required to express ideas in a non-judgmental environment which encourages synthesis and creative applications. Students collaborate to learn and stretch their thinking. Problem-solving exercises nurture students' metacognitive abilities. The development needs of students are acknowledged and used in designing courses. Standards are made explicit and students are helped to learn how to achieve them.
Diane Gusa

Types of Learning - 0 views

  • Acquisition is the conscious choice to learn. Material in this category is relevant to the learner. This method includes exploring, experimenting, self-instruction, inquiry, and general curiosity. Currently, acquisition accounts for about 20% of what we learn.
  • Emergence is the result of patterning, structuring and the construction of new ideas and meanings that did not exist before, but which emerge from the brain through thoughtful reflection, insight and creative expression or group interactions
Kristen Della

University of Phoenix How It Works - Online and On Campus - 0 views

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    Our military community is a large and important part of our student population. So, whether you're active duty, a veteran, a member of the Reserve or National Guard or a military spouse, you're eligible for special tuition rates. Our course schedules are extremely flexible, so you can balance school with work, family and the unpredictable nature of military life.
Teresa Dobler

Salman Khan on Liberating the Classroom for Creativity (Big Thinkers Series) | Edutopia - 0 views

  • online lectures can happen at home and project-based learning can happen during school.
    • Teresa Dobler
       
      -We learn from our peers - students look at resources or videos, then when they connect with each other, this is when they really get it. -Lecture is taken out of the classroom so that students are free to actually communicate with each other. This increases the potential of what can happen in class. -You need to core toolkit in order to go into the project. These projects help students to internalize the material.
cpcampbell88

Making the right choices 2 - 0 views

    • cpcampbell88
       
      Things to consider when creating a career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Things to consider when creating a career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      choices will determine students' outcome...this is important for students to realize at an early age
  • some thought to how you will
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  • stand out.
  • choose options that broaden your
  • personal interests a
  • employers tend
  • to prefer applicants who
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Students need to include these on resumes and college app. Important for students to realize before their senior year of high school
  • responsible roles
  • led projects.
  • work experience
  • challenges
  • problem-solving skills
  • confident in communicating
  • et on well w
  • creative thinkers
  • finding solutions
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Good discussion: how will you demonstrate these qualities on resume or on interview
  • ctives,
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Create goals to help development of career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      This website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
    • cpcampbell88
       
      his website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      hi catherine!
    • cpcampbell88
       
      This website provides information for students about their career plans. I really like the page that outlines for them how the choices they make now can help them in the future. I want to use this in my online course because I think it is important for students to see the correlation between what they are doing now and how it will help them in the future. I think I am going to add this into Module 4 to assist with the career plan. I also want to use the Structured Reflection link as an intro to the course. I think it outlines reflections and states a clear purpose to the students, who may have not done a blogging activity before.
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Things to consider when creating a career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Things to consider when creating a career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      things to consider when creating a career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      choices will determine students' outcome...this is important for students to realize at an early age
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Students need to include these on resumes and college app. Important for students to realize before their senior year of high school
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Good discussion: how will you demonstrate these qualities on resume or on interview
    • cpcampbell88
       
      Create goals to help development of career plan
    • cpcampbell88
       
      test
kasey8876

Parade of Games in PowerPoint - 5 views

    • kasey8876
       
      The use of PPT can help students interact witht he material in a fun way. It can help students meet learning objectives. For example students will be able to identify drug names through.
    • kasey8876
       
      I like the use of the Jeoprady game the best and think it could be used by individuals or teams.
    • alexandra m. pickett
       
      ok. i see your sticky here now.
  • Jeopardy
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    The Parade of Games web site was created to provide educators and trainers with easy-to-assemble educational games in a technology-enhanced environment to support key learning points. The site demonstrates the creative use of popular game shows and other familiar games to reinforce learning. Educators and trainers can select and download those PowerPoint games that support their learning objectives and are compatible with the technology capabilities of their learning environment. I can use this in my course to help the students engage the content and make learning fun and interactive.
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    Love this! I will absolutely be using some of these in my classroom!
sschwartz03

http://www.sunyresearch.net/hplo/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/LP-Additional-Research-draft-final-2.pdf - 4 views

  • The authors posit that learning occurs through the interaction of students and their instructor and is manifest as three integrated elements that contribute to a successful online learning community
  • social presence (SP), teaching presence (TP), and cognitive presence (CP)
  • he model also includes cognitive presence, a multivariate measure of critical and creative thinking that results from the cyclical process of practical inquiry within such a community of learners.
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