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Alexandra DeLeo

Constructivism as a Paradigm for Teaching and Learning - 0 views

  • It says that people construct their own understanding and knowledge of the world, through experiencing things and reflecting on those experiences.
  • 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."
  • 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.
Alexandra DeLeo

[Week 5]CONSTRUCTIVISM? What is that?? « Everyone is a star & deserves the ri... - 0 views

  • 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.
  • Constructivism assumes that all knowledge is constructed from the learner’s previous knowledge, regardless of how one is taught.
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).
Nicole Frescura

Communities of practice - 0 views

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    from my Module 3 blog
Nicole Frescura

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
Diane Gusa

Authentic Assessment and Rubrics - 0 views

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Diane Gusa

EDUC 300 | Just another Edublogs.org site - 0 views

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      Where is your blog. Remember, our agreement is that you would not miss any assignments!
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      Rowena, you did not use the rubric.
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.
Nicole Frescura

Constructivist Theory - 0 views

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    Jerome Bruner's theoretical framework that learning is an active process in which learners construct new ideas or concepts based upon their current/past knowledge.
Nicole Frescura

A Day in the Life - YouTube - 0 views

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    A day in the life of an online teacher in Colorado.
Nicole Frescura

Gagne's 9 Events of Instructional Design - YouTube - 0 views

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    A demonstration (learning to make tea) of the sequential steps involved for meaningful learning to happen.
Nicole Frescura

100 Web 2.0 Tools Every Teacher Should Know About | Edudemic - 0 views

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    Trying to figure out the best tools for teachers, trends in the education technology industry ? This a wonderful list of resources in an order decided by a crowdsourced vote.
Nicole Frescura

Universal Design of Instruction - 0 views

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    Creating courses where learning is accessible to all students.
Nicole Frescura

Concept to Classroom: Tapping into multiple intelligences - 0 views

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    Everything you ever wanted to know about multiple intelligences
Tiffany King

Facilitator - 0 views

  • It refers to the process of helping learners achieve self-growth through self-evaluation and cooperation with others.
  • 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).
Diane Gusa

Evolution of an e-Learning Developers Guide by Mike Dickinson : Learning Solutions Maga... - 0 views

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