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Kristina Hoeppner

Teaching in Social and Technological Networks « Connectivism - 0 views

  • A teacher/instructor/professor obviously plays numerous roles in a traditional classroom: role model, encourager, supporter, guide, synthesizer
  • This model works well when we can centralize both the content (curriculum) and the teacher. The model falls apart when we distribute content and extend the activities of the teacher to include multiple educator inputs and peer-driven learning. Simply: social and technological networks subvert the classroom-based role of the teacher.
  • Networks thin classroom walls. Experts are no longer “out there” or “over there”.
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  • Instead, a student can interact directly with researchers through Twitter, blogs, Facebook, and listservs.
  • When learners have control of the tools of conversation, they also control the conversations in which they choose to engage.
  • Instead of controlling a classroom, a teacher now influences or shapes a network.
  • The following are roles teacher play in networked learning environments: 1. Amplifying 2. Curating 3. Wayfinding and socially-driven sensemaking 4. Aggregating 5. Filtering 6. Modelling 7. Persistent presence
  • we find our way through active exploration
  • “To teach is to model and to demonstrate. To learn is to practice and to reflect.”
  • People have always learned in social networks
Kristina Hoeppner

5 Reasons Why Educators Should Network - 0 views

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