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Tiffany King

Learning Styles and Thinking Styles - 1 views

  • THINK ABOUT IT Scenario     Thinking Style       Planning a "Road Trip"   Linear Thinkers will plan out every detail of the trip                                   (i.e. location of gas stations, roads to travel, items to bring, etc.). Global Thinkers will get in the car and drive.         Assembling Furniture, Toys or Electronics   Linear Thinkers will lay out all the parts (neatly), and read the instructions                           carefully before starting the assembly. Global Thinkers will look at a picture of the assembled product, and then try to                           put it together like a jigsaw puzzle                                     (i.e. "this piece looks like it fits here, this piece goes over here...").  
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      I startedd laughing when I read this, linear thinkers will plan out every detail of the trip. This is so me I write list for everything and check them off, I happen to be planning a birthday party tonight for family and I have started checking off the list for todays activities, I started the list days ago in preparation for today. I guess I am linear. What are you?
  • So, you should also try to recognize the learning and thinking style of the people you speak (or write) to.  Essentially, you need to hit the hot buttons of the people you communicate with (e.g. provide details to a linear thinker or describe the big picture to a global thinker).
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    Learning styles
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    And I plan; but, I am always open to change my plans and take a detour! lol
Diane Gusa

If You Build It, They Will Come: Building Learning Communities Through Threaded Discuss... - 1 views

  • Assessing Effectiveness of Student Participation in Online Discussions Student Name _______________________________________________________________ Unit _____
  • Promptness and Initiative
  • Delivery of Post
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  • Relevance of Post
  • Expression Within the Post Does not express opinions or ideas clearly; no connection to topic
  • Contribution to the Learning Community
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  • Does not make effort to participate in learning community as it develops; seems indifferent
  • Does not express opinions or ideas clearly; no connection to topi
  • Posts topics which do not relate to the discussion content; makes short or irrelevant remarks
  • Does not respond to most postings; rarely participates freely
  • Utilizes poor spelling and grammar in most posts; posts appear "hasty"
  • Responds to most postings within a 24 hour period; requires occasional prompting to post
  • Few grammatical or spelling errors are noted in posts
  • Frequently posts topics that are related to discussion content; prompts further discussion of topic
  • Opinions and ideas are stately clearly with occasional lack of connection to topic
  • Frequently attempts to direct the discussion and to present relevant viewpoints for consideration by group; interacts freely
  • Responds to most postings several days after initial discussion; limited initiative
  • Consistently responds to postings in less than 24 hours; demonstrates good self-initiative
  • Errors in spelling and grammar evidenced in several posts
  • Consistently uses grammatically correct posts with rare misspellings
  • Occasionally posts off topic; most posts are short in length and offer no further insight into the topic
  • Consistently posts topics related to discussion topic; cites additional references related to topic
  • Unclear connection to topic evidenced in minimal expression of opinions or ideas
  • Expresses opinions and ideas in a clear and concise manner with obvious connection to topic
  • Aware of needs of community; frequently attempts to motivate the group discussion; presents creative approaches to topic
  • Occasionally makes meaningful reflection on group’s efforts; marginal effort to become involved with group
  • Facilitator’s Comments:
Diane Gusa

Everything You Need to Know About Web 2.0 - 6 views

  • . On this page, you'll find articles on a variety of Web 2.0 tools and technologies. We'll continue to update this page, so be sure to check back to learn about the latest technologies for your organization. What is Web 2.0 Anyway?
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    Thanks for thinking of us. loved it! Carol
Diane Gusa

teachinganlearningatadistance-4.pdf - 0 views

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    115-121 Classroom Technologies for Online Instruction Chpt 5 Design p. 360 rubric for final Chpt 2 theories
Diane Gusa

Part 2: TOPICS & ACTIVITIES | Linda Harasim - 0 views

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    summer EDUC 300
Diane Gusa

Bloom's by Joshua Coupal on Prezi - 0 views

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    Prezi on Bloom's taxonomy and web 2.0 tools
Diane Gusa

Instructional Immediacy and the Seven Principles: Strategies for Facilitating Online Co... - 1 views

  • Table 1. Seven Principles of Good Practice in Undergraduate Education, Chickering and Gamson (1986) 1. Encourage contact between students and faculty: Frequent student-faculty contact both in and outside of class is an important factor in student motivation and involvement. 2. Develop reciprocity and cooperation among students: Faculty should create and encourage opportunities for collaborative learning among students. 3. Encourages active learning: Faculty should require students to apply their learning in oral and written forms. 4. Give prompt feedback: Faculty should provide appropriate and prompt feedback on performance. Students need help assessing their current competence and performance, and need frequent opportunities to perform and receive suggestion for improvement. Such feedback should be an ongoing process in collegiate settings. 5. Emphasize time on task: Faculty should create opportunities for students to practice good time management. This includes setting realistic time for students to complete assignments as well as using class time for learning opportunities. 6. Communicate high expectations: Faculty should set and communicate high expectations for students. Such becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy for students and they often will rise to meet the challenge. 7. Respect diverse talents and ways of learning: Faculty should create learning opportunities that appeal to the different ways students will process and attend to information. Varying presentation style and assignment requirement will allow students to showcase their unique talents and learn in ways that work for them.
Diane Gusa

Mind on Fire - 0 views

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    Open Education, the Long Tail, and Learning 2.0 The most profound impact of the Internet is its ability to support and expand the various aspects of social learning.
Diane Gusa

Pedagogical Appraches for Using Technology Literature Review January 11 FINAL 1 - 0 views

  • Connectivism Individual processing of information gives way todevelopment of networks of trusted people, content andtools: the task of knowing is  offloaded onto the networkitself Siemens
  • Communities of enquiry Building on Wenger's notionof communities of practice,(higher) learning conceived interms of participation, withlearners experiencing social,cognitive and pedagogicaspects of community.Wenger, Garrison andAnderson
  • E-learning, e-pedagogy New forms of learning andteaching are enabled – andrequired – by digitaltechnologies. Typically moreconstructivist and learner-led.Mayes and Fowler, Cronje
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  • onole, Dyke, Oliver and Seale (2004), have proposed a toolkit and model for mapping pedagogyand tools for effective learning design. They say "Toolkits are model-based resources that offer away of structuring users’ engagement that encourages reflection on theoretical concerns as well assupporting the development of practical plans for action (Conole & Oliver, 2002). The models thatform the heart of each toolkit consist of representations of a ‘space’, described in terms of qualities,in which theories or approaches can be described." They emphasise that "the descriptions of these
  •     Pedagogic Approaches to Using Technology for Learning - Literature Review 23 approaches reflect the beliefs of describer. These models are thus best understood as sharablerepresentations of beliefs and of practice, rather than as definitive account of the area" (p.18).The framework they propose consists of the following six components (p.22-23):  “Individual – Where the individual is the focus of learning.  Social – learning is explained through interaction with others (such as a tutor or fellowstudents), through discourse and collaboration and the wider social context within which thelearning takes place.  Reflection – Where conscious reflection on experience is the basis by which experience istransformed into learning.  Non-reflection – Where learning is explained with reference to processes such asconditioning, preconscious learning, skills learning and memorisation (Holford, Jarvis, &Griffin, 1998).  Information – Where an external body of information such as text, artefacts and bodies of knowledge form the basis of experience and the raw material for learning.  Experience – Where learning arises through direct experience, activity and practicalapplication
  • ormier proposes a ‘rhizomatic model’ of learning in which “a community can construct a model of education flexible enough for the way knowledge develops and changes today by producing a mapof contextual knowledge” (p.4). In this model, “curriculum is not driven by predefined inputs fromexperts; it is constructed and negotiated in real time by the contributions of those engaged in the
  •    Left hand side page by Lifelong Learning UK 24   24 learning process. This community acts as the curriculum, spontaneously shaping, constructing, andreconstructing itself and the subject of its learning…” (p.3).
Alexandra DeLeo

cognitive presence | Instructional Design Fusions - 1 views

  • Web 2.0 tools
  • important impacts
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      Web 2.0 tools have an impact on developing cognitive presence because it helps exploration across multiple domains, integrate different tools using technology (concept mapping, etc) and you can achieve solutions easily at any time and place
  • Exploration
  • Integration
  • Solutions
Diane Gusa

Education 210 - 0 views

    • Diane Gusa
       
      Hi Tiffany, I gave this just a quick look. You forgot to link and self assess. Do you want to fix this before I grade it?
    • Tiffany King
       
      Yes, I am not sure why my links are not there I linked everything prior to posting this, also I would give myslf an A, where am I suppose to put this grade.
    • Diane Gusa
       
      Self Assessment is always at the end. Do you realize you can preview your page to make sure everything is right before you publis?
  • The use of two many learning styles at once can be confusing, cognitive overload.
    • Diane Gusa
       
      Tiffany I wished you developed this thought! I can see where you may be going, but then I can only guess.
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    • Diane Gusa
       
      Tiffany, This is an embedded code, not a link.
Doris Stockton

AJET 26(3) Drexler (2010) - The networked student model for construction of personal le... - 0 views

  • Personal learning suggests learner autonomy and increased self regulation (Atwell, 2007; Aviram et al., 2008). However, increased responsibility and control on the part of the learner do not necessarily equate to learner motivation (Dede, 1996). Students engaging in networked learning research must be more self-directed. Not only are they navigating a number of web-based applications for the first time, they are also required to take an active role in the learning process by making decisions about how to search, where to search, and why certain content meets a learning objective.
  • Teachers, on the other hand, are challenged to provide an appropriate balance between structure and learner autonomy in order to facilitate self-directed, personalised learning (Beaudoin, 1990; McLoughlin & Lee, 2010).
  • The role of a teacher within a student-centered approach to instruction is that of a facilitator or coach (Wang, 2006). "He or she supports the students in their search and supply of relevant material, coordinates the students' presentations of individual milestones of their projects, moderates discussions, consults in all kinds of problem-solving and seeking for solutions, lectures on topics that are selected in plenary discussions with the students and conforms to the curriculum" (Motschnig-Pitrik & Holzinger, 2002, p. 166).
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  • Figure 1: The Networked Teacher (Couros, 2008)
  • ouros (2008) developed a model of the networked teacher that represents an educator's professional personal learning environment (PLE). A teacher is better equipped to facilitate networked learning if he or she has experienced the construction of such a model first hand. The significant connections in Couros' view of the network include colleagues, popular media, print and digital resources, the local community, blogs, wikis, video conferencing, chat/IRC, social networking services, online communities, social bookmarking, digital photo sharing, and content development communities (Couros, 2008).
  • Networked teacher model
  • In a traditional classroom setting, the teacher has primary control over the content. He or she selects or designs the curriculum. Networked learning gives students the ability and the control to connect with subject matter experts in virtually any field.
  • Figure 2: The Networked Student
  • The networked student follows a constructivist approach to learning. He or she constructs knowledge based on experiences and social interactions (Jonassen et al., 2003). Constructivism encourages "greater participation by students in their appropriation of scholarly knowledge" (Larochelle et al., 1998).
  • Technology supports this appropriation as a collection of tools that promote knowledge construction, an information vehicle for exploring knowledge, an active learning tool, a social medium to promote conversing, and an intellectual partner to facilitate reflection (Jonassen et al., 2003)
  • Developing a model of the networked student The Networked Student Model adapts Couros' vision for teacher professional development in a format that is applicable to the K-12 student. It includes four primary categories, each with many components evident in the networked teacher version (Figure 2).
  • That connection expands to include access to resources and creative artifacts. Computers and mobile devices continue to broaden access to all types of information and learning sources. As quickly as content becomes available, web applications are released to assist in the management of that content
  • The networked student constructs a personal learning environment one node at a time. Once these connections are formed, they must be revisited and built upon to facilitate further learning. The personal learning environment lives beyond time spent in a classroom
  • With so much information to manage, it is increasingly difficult to stay abreast of changes in a given field, much less track implications arising from related fields. Really Simple Syndication (RSS) allows learners to subscribe to changing content and makes tracking changes easier.
  • Ultimately, meaningful learning occurs with knowledge construction, not reproduction; conversation, not reception; articulation, not repetition; collaboration, not competition; and reflection, not prescription (Jonassen et al., 2003).
  • Construction of a personal learning environment does not necessarily facilitate comprehension or deep understanding. Learning potential exists in what the student does with the compilation of content and how it is synthesised. The networked student model is one of inquiry, or the process of "exploring problems, asking questions, making discoveries, achieving new understanding and fulfilling personal curiosity" (National Science Foundation, as quoted by Chang & Wang, 2009, p. 169).
  • Principles of connectivism equate to fundamentals of learning in a networked world. The design of the teacher-facilitated, student-created personal learning environment in this study adheres to constructivist and connectivist principles with the goal of developing a networked student who will take more responsibility for his or her learning while navigating an increasingly complex content base.
  • Nine out of 15 students indicated that time management was the most difficult aspect of the course. Yet, of the fifteen students participating in the project, thirteen were able to manage weekly assignments per the schedule. Two students fell behind and expressed frustration at the amount of work required to catch up. Teacher intervention was required to facilitate their successful completion of the course. They were given a daily list of tasks designed to scaffold the time management aspects of the project. Time management issues were less associated with construction of the personal learning environment and more concerned with the blended format of the delivery. It was an adjustment for students to manage work outside of class even though they enjoyed the freedom of attending a formal class meeting only 3 out of 5 days a week.
  • Achieving the delicate balance between teacher control and student autonomy is an ongoing challenge when facilitating student use of new technologies for self-regulated learning (McLoughlin & Lee, 2010). Motivation, self direction, and technical aptitude are key considerations for implementing a networked student design. The students constructing personal learning environments in this test case were successful in the contemporary issues course.
  • spite of the challenges highlighted above, the Networked Student Model offers a design and framework through which teachers can explore a student-centered, 21st century approach to learning. It further provides a foundation for constructing a personal learning environment with potential to expand as new learning avenues emerge. The student is challenged to synthesise diverse and extensive digital materials, connect to others interacting in respectful and meaningful ways, self-regulate an active approach to learning, and develop an option for life long learning that applies to virtually any curricular area. Once a student has learned how to construct a personal learning environment, he or she is left with a model of learning that extends beyond the classroom walls, one in which the learner assumes full control. Regardless of teacher control, the students' success will depend on how well they have been prepared in the processes that support learning in an ever changing, increasingly networked world.
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    I have highlighted many sections that pertain to student centered online learning.
Doris Stockton

JOLT - Journal of Online Learning and Teaching - 0 views

  • The transformation from the traditional Face-to-Face (FTF) classroom mode to new delivery methods and platforms (correspondence, Internet-online, one-way, two-way audio and video) collectively known as Distance Education (DE), led some experts so far as to predict that the ‘residential based model,’ that is, students attending classes at prearranged times and locations, will disappear in the near future (Blustain, Goldstein & Lozier, 1999; Drucker, 1997 as cited in O’Malley, 1999). It is beyond doubt that distance education has progressed in concept and practice (to encompass where applicable) from an “anywhere” to an “anytime” to an “any pace” delivery method.
  • Overall, 70% of the studies had a positive effect size (see Figure 1), demonstrating that DL students outperformed their traditional counterparts. Note – there is a clear upward trend of higher positive ES per period across time from 63% to 84%
  • Eduventures (a reputable Boston based research and consulting group in higher education) forecasts there were nearly 2.2 million U.S. students enrolled in fully online higher education programs in 2009, or about 12.1% of all students enrolled in university level degree-granting institutions that year by these estimates. This share is up significantly from approximately 1.3% in the 2000-2001 academic school year.
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  • While distance learning in higher education may have been looked down upon two decades ago, it has clearly become well accepted and gained legitimacy over the past decade. Students, universities, and employers no longer differentiate between university degrees earned traditionally or online. In many cases, universities offer the same degrees traditionally and online while the final diploma does not even mention the mode of delivery. The improvements of technology, the widespread Internet access, the increased legitimacy of online learning within established universities and employers, and the increased participation of adult learners in higher education with clear preferences toward learning anytime and anywhere will further drive future improvements in the quality of distance learning programs. Traditional programs suffered irreparable damages during periods of economic downturns (the post dot com era in 2000-2002 and the major economic recession from 2007-2009), their levels of support have eroded substantially, and their quality did not improve at the same levels as online programs.
  • Therefore, one should not be surprised if the gap in academic performance between online and traditional learning will only widen in the next decade.
  • The findings of this study reemphasize prior results and extend it for a period of twenty years. It is clear that the experimental probability of attaining higher learning outcomes is greater in the online environment than in the face-to-face environment. This probability is increasing over time.
  • The paradigm of the superiority of the FTF modality over its distance learning alternative has been successfully negated. The distance learning approach is becoming the “normal science” (Kuhn, 1962). Yet, this is not fully comprehended by the various decision making institutions where the gate-keeping positions represent, by and large, the past paradigm. Therefore, distance learning is still treated as the anomaly (“step child”) instead of as the emerging standard of quality in higher education. We expect that as a new generation of leaders in higher education emerges, the policy making orientation and regulatory models will change to reflect the new paradigm.
Diane Gusa

Education 3.0 and the Pedagogy (Andragogy, Heutagogy) of Mobile Learning | User Generat... - 0 views

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    I am still learning web 2.0...need to keep up!!
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