A user can be totally anonymous if that is their wish. This is an added bonus because as an instructor I would never want to involve my students in an activity that could cause them harm or make them feel uncomfortable in any way.
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How to Use Twitter in the College Classroom - 2 views
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Use Twitter as an Announcement Board.
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hey could just always have the Twitter in the background when they are at home and just look at it from time to time.
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Facilitator - 0 views
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It refers to the process of helping learners achieve self-growth through self-evaluation and cooperation with others.
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adults learn best when a facilitator can see that the following six conditions are met: They feel the need to learn and have input into what, why, and how they will learn. Learning's content and processes bear a perceived and meaningful relationship to past experience and experience is effectively utilized as a resource for learning. What is to be learned relates optimally to the individual's developmental changes and life tasks. The amount of autonomy exercised by the learner is congruent with that required by the mode or method utilized. They learn in a climate that minimizes anxiety and encourages freedom to experiment. Their learning styles are taken into account (pp. 47-49).
WPI Teaching with Technology Collaboratory - Improving Your Teaching Presence in Distan... - 0 views
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Tips for Increasing Instructor Presence in your Distance Learning Course
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Record an introductory video for the first week of the course introducing yourself, your teaching style, student expectations and goals for the course. Contact the ATC to schedule a time for recording your video. Start off each week with a brief personalized note detailing your learning objectives for the lesson and what assignments or tasks need to be done for the week. If relevant, include a personal anecdote or a brief comment on a current event. An example would be to welcome students back for a new semester or from the midterm break. This can be done easily in myWPI by Adding an item at the top of your folder and typing your note in the text box. Incorporate your own voice by narrating your PowerPoint slides or other on-screen materials with Camtasia Studio. For written materials, try a more natural and conversational tone.
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Show your presence by checking in to the website as often as possible and leave timely "evidence" that you have been there such as posting new announcements or discussion board postings. For example, if you only post every other week the students may feel that the course site has been "abandoned." Set expectations at the beginning of the course for your students of how often you will be checking in and your response time. Share information with your distance learners that will help them in their careers, just as you would with on-campus students. For example, post links to articles or current job postings in your industry to the Announcements area.
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Should teachers embrace new technology? | My English Pages - 0 views
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Yes, we hardly master a technological tool that another version of it or another one is already in the market!! oufffff. Can you keep up with the pace??? You have to be both a marathon runner and sprinter at the same time What should teachers do then to be able to follow the pace. The teachers who are themselves geeks are finding it so tiring, let alone those teachers who are reluctant to adapt to the new IT era. How prepared are our educators? This is a legitimate question. A post by Andrew Marcinek describes this situation and suggests that teachers (and students) should be allowed to adapt to new tech at their own pace:
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echnology now is everywhere. We don’t know where it will take us as teachers, but also as citizens of the world. It will surely help us build connections and provide new information even more faster; it will save us a lot of time searching for what we want. We cannot and should not miss the benefits. But we must also bear in mind that human beings are born to engage in real face-to-face warm interactions. Without this very characteristic which is exclusively human nothing can be gained!!!
Cognitive Load Theory - 0 views
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Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) is an instructional theory that starts from the idea that our working memory is limited with respect to the amount of information it can hold, and the number of operations it can perform on that information (Van Gerven et. al., 2003). That means a learner should be encouraged to use his or her limited working memory efficiently, especially when learning a difficult task (Van Gerven et. al., 2003). We need to recognize the role and the limitation of working memory to help develop quality instruction (Cooper, 1998). Thus, we as instructional designers need to find ways to help optimize the working memory. Hence, the key aspect of the theory is the relation between long-term memory and working memory, and how instructional materials interact with this cognitive system (Ayres, 2006).
Illeris's Three Dimensions of Learning Model | eAdultEducation.org - 1 views
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Andragogy,
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other models that also propose perceptions into how adults learn.
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cognitive dimension i
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[Week 5]CONSTRUCTIVISM? What is that?? « Everyone is a star & deserves the ri... - 0 views
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A common misunderstanding regarding constructivism is that instructors should never tell students anything directly but, instead, should always allow them to construct knowledge for themselves.
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Constructivism assumes that all knowledge is constructed from the learner’s previous knowledge, regardless of how one is taught.
Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning - 0 views
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It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
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Constructivist teachers encourage students to constantly assess how the activity is helping them gain understanding. By questioning themselves and their strategies, students in the constructivist classroom ideally become "expert learners."
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constructivism does not dismiss the active role of the teacher or the value of expert knowledge. Constructivism modifies that role, so that teachers help students to construct knowledge rather than to reproduce a series of facts.
Encouraging Critical Thinking in Online Threaded Discussions (Bridget Arend 2009) - 0 views
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This article presents qualitative data from a mixed-method study that explores how asynchronous discussions within online courses influence critical thinking among students. In this study, online discussions were related to higher levels of critical thinking, but qualitative data indicate that the way discussions are used and facilitated is vital for encouraging critical thinking. Online discussions typically have the purpose of creating a space and time for informal, open-ended thinking to occur. Critical thinking appears to be best encouraged among students when a more consistent emphasis is placed on the discussions, and when instructor facilitation is less frequent but more purposeful
WPI Teaching with Technology Collaboratory - Encouraging Class Discussion - 0 views
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Learning objects spanning many disciplines are freely available on the Internet, especially at repository sites such as: MERLOT NEEDS EngApplets EOE Citidel Illumina Exploratories
JOTS v32n2 - The Pedagogy of Technology Integration - 3 views
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Using technology to enhance the educational process involves more than just learning how to use specific piece of hardware and software. It requires an understanding of pedagogical principles that are specific to the use of technology in an instructional settings…Pedagogy-based training begins by helping teachers understand the role of learning theory in the design and function of class activities and in the selection and use of instructional technologies. (pp. 2 and 6)
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In a broad sense, technology integration can be described as a process of using existing tools, equipment and materials, including the use of electronic media, for the purpose of enhancing learning
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When you go to the hardware store to buy a drill, you don’t actually want a drill, you want a hole, they don’t sell holes at the hardware store, but they do sell drills, which are the technology used to make holes. We must not lose sight that technology for the most part is a tool and it should be used in applications which address educational concerns. (p. 87)
Connecting Dots - 5 views
Speaker Annalie Killian, in our module video The learning paradox of ubiquitous connectivity, said that "More time spent online does not necessarily increase learning". Annalie Killian stated that...
Connecting Dots - 3 views
Speaker Annalie Killian, in our module video The learning paradox of ubiquitous connectivity, said that “More time spent online does not necessarily increase learning”. Annalie Killian ...
Connecting Dots - 3 views
Speaker Annalie Killian, in our module video The learning paradox of ubiquitous connectivity, said that "More time spent online does not necessarily increase learning". Annalie Killian stated that...
Student-Centered Learning Environments: How and Why | Edutopia - 0 views
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Are teachers obsolete? Absolutely not. But, an educator's role is changing from the traditional "imparter of knowledge" to that of coach and consultant.
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Do-it-yourself, student-to-student teaching, project-based learning, and student-centered learning environments are some of the more encouraging programs
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"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." -- Albert Einstein
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