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'Badges' Earned Online Pose Challenge to Traditional College Diplomas - College 2.0 - T... - 3 views

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    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 11 Jul 13
       
      Cumulative reinforcement, or the idea of earning acknowledgement throughout the learning process, agrees with educational psychology. That is, accomplishing short- and long-term goals magnificently motivates learners. 
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 11 Jul 13
       
      Scapegoating extrinsic motivation is hardly an excuse to close your mind to the possible benefits of badge systems. Traditional credentialing - high school diplomas or college degrees - are guilty of the same dangling of a carrot. All certification, badges included, acts the same way as stickers once motivated us when our teachers give them to us on our tests back in elementary school. The advantage of badges, however gimmicky to some, is that they are progressively earned and detail all varieties of learning. 
  • her goal is to fill a gap by recognizing soft skills that traditional grades and diplomas often miss
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  • crafting a clear answer to explain tough material to a peer is a the kind of soft skill that employers say they increasingly value.
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A Seismic Shift in Epistemology (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUCAUSE.edu - 12 views

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  • Classical education, the content and skills that experts feel every person should know are presented as factual “truth” compiled in curriculum standards and assessed with high-stakes tests
  • Premier reference sources, such as the Encyclopedia Britannica, and curricular materials, such as textbooks, embody “authenticated” knowledge as compiled by experts and transmitted to learners.
  • In contrast, the Web 2.0 definition of “knowledge” is collective agreement about a description that may combine facts with other dimensions of human experience, such as opinions, values, and spiritual beliefs.
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Three Teachers' Answers to Questions on Classroom Microblogging - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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  • There will always be students who do not want to participate. My goal as a teacher is to find ways to encourage students to speak up, and social media might be the way I get those students to open up and start to speak in class.
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 08 Jun 13
       
      Yes! These are the students I want to draw into classroom discussion. As research suggests, for example, female students are less likely to contribute their ideas in the classroom when male students dominate the conversation or there is a competitive atmosphere. For more than these reasons, however, I want to use social media as a way to engage my students in their learning.
  • A backchannel is one of several tools I use. I do not use the backchannel every day or for every learning situation, nor is it ever the only means of conversation during a class session.
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 08 Jun 13
       
      Technology is only one of several teaching tools used in the classroom. A teacher will use Web 2.0 resources when they aptly advance students' learning goals.
  • Twitter proved to be an asset in providing a global perspective. The students briefly watched a hashtag as the world reacted. In this particular instance, my students’ reactions were kept in private blog posts and oral discussion.
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 08 Jun 13
       
      I'm interested in the educational use of Twitter. I like this example in the way it balances the public nature of the social network while allowing students to express their ideas in an enclosed educational forum.
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A New Culture of Learning: An Interview with John Seely Brown and Douglas Thomas (Part ... - 0 views

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  • the role of educators needs to shift away from being expert in a particular area of knowledge, to becoming expert in the ability to create and shape new learning environments.
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 23 May 13
       
      Expert content knowledge plays a central role in a teacher's ability to construct meaningful learning activities for students. Knowing what content is important, and why, directs how teachers construct self-discovery activities so that they equip students with the essential skills and concepts as students complete the exploratory task. This level of compentency allows the teacher to explain key information when students have questions, as well as allowing the teacher to scaffold learning accordingly as students sufficiently struggle to advanced in their self-directed learning. Not exclusively, however, should a teacher learn the art of creating these new kinds of learning environments. Know-how in this area is also of vital importance.
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John Seely Brown: Learning, Working & Playing in the Digital Age - 18 views

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  • It took 20 or 50 years for electrification to take hold and for society to enact new social practices that leveraged the potential of that infrastructure
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      Sometimes we forget how long change takes to occur.
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Minds on Fire: Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 (EDUCAUSE Review) | EDUC... - 22 views

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  • Few of us today will have a fixed, single career; instead, we are likely to follow a trajectory that encompasses multiple careers
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      Many high school students are unsure of what to pursue in college. Many college students are unsure what to pursue as a major. Even when they graduate with a degree, they might do something completely unrelated to their area of training. Field-specific training is important, but generalizable learning such as critical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills might prove more effective in raising the adaptability of today's workers as they navigator several careers.
  • Open Educational Resources (OER) movement, which has provided free access to a wide range of courses and other educational materials to anyone who wants to use them
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      iTunesU offers Ivy-league caliber courses free of charge. From worksheets to lesson videos and assignments, these courses are available to anyone with an iOS device and Internet connection.
  • This encourages the practice of what John Dewey called “productive inquiry”—that is, the process of seeking the knowledge when it is needed in order to carry out a particular situated task
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  • The e-Science movement is providing students with access to expensive and scarce high-level tools, giving them the opportunity to engage in the kinds of research conducted by professional scientists
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      This initiative accomplishes the learning need of real-world relevant as well as training on tools similar to those used on the work world.
  • ‘playful’ learning
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      Learning and play go very well together, especially because in play mode, there's no fear of failure. Encouragement to explore and try out new things is the expectation.
  • The power of peer review had been brought to bear on the assignments.
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      People are genetically wired to be social creatures.
  • Finding and joining a community that ignites a student’s passion can set the stage for the student to acquire both deep knowledge about a subject (“learning about”) and the ability to participate in the practice of a field through productive inquiry and peer-based learning (“learning to be”)
  • Often the learning that transpires is informal rather than formally conducted in a structured setting
    • Justin Montgomery
      Justin Montgomery on 19 May 13
       
      Teaching how to be self learners is essential from an early age to accomplish this goal. Traits include internal locus of control for motivation and self discipline for things such as time management and task completion.
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