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Learning community - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 1 views

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learning communities writing education critical thinking

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  • share common emotions, values and beliefs,
    • pajenkins1
      pajenkins1 on 16 Feb 11
       
      What role do emotions play in education?
  • pajenkins1 on 16 Feb 11
     
    General introduction to learning communities
Keith Hamon

The Reflective School by Peter Pappas by Peter Pappas on Prezi - 0 views

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Peter Pappas prezi reflection critical thinking writing elearning Web 2.0 Education 2.0

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  • Keith Hamon on 26 May 11
     
    A presentation about Pappas' ideas about integrating reflective practices into education.
Keith Hamon

Math Problem Solving Stories and Case Studies: Using Operational, Logic, and Reasoning ... - 0 views

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David R. Wetzel math writing critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 16 Jun 11
     
    When math problems are based on real world situations, students internalize new information which prepares students to make connections with and between math concepts.
Keith Hamon

Writing in Mathematics: Mathematics Writing Explains a Problem and How to Solve It | Su... - 0 views

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David R. Wetzel writing mathematics critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 16 Jun 11
     
    An overview is provided of the importance and why writing in math is different. A recommended checklist is provided to help students write clear math papers.
Keith Hamon

Don't Teach Them Facts - Let Student Discover Patterns - Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas - 1 views

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Peter Pappas critical thinking problem-based learning patterns rhizome cartography decalcomania

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  • Keith Hamon on 20 Jun 11
     
    Educators - it's time to stop all the modeling. Get rid of all the canned graphic organizers. Have the courage to be less helpful. Be patient and let students recognize their own patterns. It's messy work, but its where the learning will take place.
Keith Hamon

Teaching as transparent learning « Connectivism - 1 views

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George Siemens connectivism elearning teaching writing Education 2.0 Web 2.0 PLN

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  • they too seek not to proclaim what they know, but rather to engage and share with others as they explore and come to understand technology and related trends.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 24 Aug 11
       
      This seems to me at the heart of ASU's QEP: helping students engage and share with others their exploration of some topic, rather than a demonstration of what they think the teacher wants them to know. This does not suggest that QEP opposes or ignores the need to validate learning; rather, that isn't our focus. We're all about writing to learn-not writing to demonstrate learning.
  • Keith Hamon on 24 Aug 11
     
    My work on blogs, articles, handbooks, and so on is an invitation to engage in conversation, not a proclamation of what I absolutely know.
Keith Hamon

Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age - The Chronicle Review - The Chronicle of Hi... - 0 views

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Cathy N. Davidson collaboration Pedagogy writing elearning Education 2.0 social networking Web 2.0 PLN education

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  • I had the students each contribute a new entry or amend an existing entry on Wikipedia, or find another public forum where they could contribute to public discourse.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
       
      This could be a key type of writing assignment in any class, and it can be done individually or in collaborative groups. 
  • What if "research paper" is a category that invites, even requires, linguistic and syntactic gobbledygook?
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
       
      I think the traditional research paper does invite gobbledygook, that's why we get so much gobbledygook from it.
  • Research indicates that, at every age level, people take their writing more seriously when it will be evaluated by peers than when it is to be judged by teachers.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
       
      Here is a key to why QEP encourages public writing within discourse communities and is moving away from traditional classroom writing aimed solely at a grading teacher.
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  • Lunsford surprised everyone with her findings that students were becoming more literate, rhetorically dexterous, and fluent—not less, as many feared. The Internet, she discovered, had allowed them to develop their writing.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
       
      Imagine that! Our students are becoming MORE literate, not less. This is a core belief of QEP: that the Internet is encouraging more written communications among more people than at any other time in history. We wonder why the Academy is ignoring this wonderful, rich energy.
  • Everything, that is, except the grading.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
       
      Assessment is perhaps the single most intractable aspect of traditional education. In some ways, crowdsourcing grades actually violates legal regulations about student privacy. This is a serious issue, but I am confident that we will resolve it.
  • Keith Hamon on 02 Sep 11
     
    Current practices of our educational institutions-and workplaces-are a mismatch between the age we live in and the institutions we have built over the last 100-plus years. The 20th century taught us that completing one task before starting another one was the route to success. Everything about 20th-century education, like the 20th-century workplace, has been designed to reinforce our attention to regular, systematic tasks that we take to completion. Attention to task is at the heart of industrial labor management, from the assembly line to the modern office, and of educational philosophy, from grade school to graduate school.
Keith Hamon

MediaShift . Learning in a Digital Age: Teaching a Different Kind of Literacy | PBS - 0 views

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Aran Levasseur 21st century skills writing elearning literacy Education 2.0 Web 2.0

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  • we shouldn't consider someone literate if they can consume but not produce media.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11
       
      This is why information technology is one of the twin pillars, along with writing, of the QEP. And why visual constructs & technological applications are considered writing literacies. I think the language is a bit confused, but I understand the implications for developing literacy in the 21st Century.
  • The literacy of the future rests on the ability to decode and construct meaning from one's constantly evolving environment -- whether it's coded orally, in text, images, simulations, or the biosphere itself. Therefore we must be adaptive to our social, economic and political landscape. Those of us living in this digital age are required to learn, unlearn and learn again and again.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11
       
      This could be the heart of ASU's QEP. What happens when the environment itself is coded with information that we need to acquire? Isn't it already so coded?
  • Keith Hamon on 05 Oct 11
     
    A new kind of technological literacy is emerging. While a certain amount of technical skills are important, the real goal should be in cultivating digital or new media literacies that are arising around this evolving digital nerve center. These skills allow working collaboratively within social networks, pooling knowledge collectively, navigating and negotiating across diverse communities, and critically analyzing and reconciling conflicting bits of information to form a clear and comprehensive view of the world.
Keith Hamon

ProfHacker - The Chronicle of Higher Education - 1 views

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writing reflection public discourse Ryan Cordell

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  • Writing in class gives students direct access to me as they think through their ideas.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 11 Oct 11
       
      This is a key benefit of flipping the classroom.
  • Keith Hamon on 07 Oct 11
     
    I suspect that many of us ask students to do some kind of writing in class: whether reflecting on the day's topic, responding to a brief prompt, or outlining their ideas. I include those kinds of writing-to-learn activities in my classes as well.
Keith Hamon

Incompetent Research Skills Curb Users' Problem Solving (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) - 0 views

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Jakob Nielsen research writing critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 12 Apr 11
     
    Users increasingly rely on individual pages listed by search engines instead of finding better ways to tackle problems.
Mary Ann Scott

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Writing learning process critical thinking connectivism

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      Mary Ann Scott on 19 Apr 11
       
      This chart is a great visualization of the relationship between key learning processes and writing.
Stephanie Cooper

Valdosta State University > Spanish Professor Unites Art and Research - 0 views

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valdosta professor communication multimedia

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  • “Sometimes it is difficult to express in words, the feelings raised by discussions on certain issues such as, immigration, slavery or world customs and cultures, so I encourage students to explore other methods of communication to sharing their feelings and findings,” said, Espinosa-Dulanto, whose office is lined with vibrant photo essays on different themes from child slavery, to love and family."
  • “Some of the student participants are not fluent, and they are reluctant to communicate on the trip or after because they are afraid they will say the wrong thing or not express themselves fully,” Espinosa-Dulanto said. “The freedom to speak through other means, such as artwork or photographs, gives students an outlet to communicate with each other and break through cultural barriers.”
    • Stephanie Cooper
      Stephanie Cooper on 04 Apr 11
       
      I think this is a great idea for allowing students to reflect and share ideas with each other.  Even Americans who struggle with their speech and writing skills can be encouraged to share their thoughts and opinions through pictures.  
Keith Hamon

YouTube - Jane McGonigal: Gaming can make a better world - 0 views

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Jane McGonigal ted elearning social networking PLN Web 2.0 critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 07 Apr 11
     
    Shows how online games create 4 characteristics (blissful productivity, strong social fabric, an urgent optimism, and epic meaning) in gamers that uniquely equip gamers to solve the world's problems.
Mary Ann Scott

Designing Effective Online Assignments - Do Your Job Better - The Chronicle of Higher E... - 1 views

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effective designing assignments online

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      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      This is a good goal.
    • Mary Ann Scott
      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      Be sensitive to both what you are looking for from the student and what they may be bringing to their approach to the assignment. It may depend on the level of the course or the student and his experience with writing in general.
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      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      When it's possible
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      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      We definitely want them thinking rather than filling in the blanks. A well-written prompt gives them a clear framework where they can learn and share their their insights clearly.
    • Mary Ann Scott
      Mary Ann Scott on 30 Mar 11
       
      I don't know why my highlighter isn't working here. Scope is an important element for the student to understand, especially if you are going to evaluate their work based on specific criteria. While writing should be considered as a learning tool, it is also an assessment tool that is usually attached to a grade. Give them the tools for success.
Stephanie Cooper

Six Trends That Will Change Workplace Learning Forever - 2010 - ASTD - 1 views

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trends mobile learning social networking

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  • “Historically, the learning community has stayed away from informal learning and social learning, and that is where most of the learning is taking place,” ASTD CEO Tony Bingham said during an interview promoting his new book, The New Social Learning, with co-author Marcia Conner. “We now have the tools, and the catalysts, to engage [employees] with that kind of learning. I think that is going to help the learning community take it to the next level.”  
  • An ASTD and Institute for Corporate Productivity study made a strong business case for using social media to enhance productivity. Millennials found social media tools more helpful in terms of learning and getting work done than Generation X workers or Baby Boomers. More organizations dabbled in social media during 2010, using shared workspaces, social networks, and wikis to deliver learning and development.   “The next generation of workers coming into organizations will demand the ability to work in ways they’ve already found to enable success,” wrote Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd in a July 2010 T+D article. “If the learning function does not step up to the task, some other department in the organization will, and the learning function will become irrelevant.”
  • As Daniel Pink wrote in The New Social Learning foreword, social learning will not replace training and employee development, “but it can accomplish what traditional approaches often cannot … [It] can supplement instruction with collaboration and co-creation, and in doing so, blur the boundary between the instructor and the instructed. … It can bring far-flung employees together into new communities in which they can not only learn from one another, but also fashion new offerings for customers. In short, social media can change the way your company works.”  
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  • The greatest technology growth of 2010 came with mobile devices, and thus, one of the biggest changes in workplace learning came via smartphones. Mobile phones have become an extension of the workplace and have made the world of work a 24/7 reality, but how have they changed learning?  
  • An IBM study, published in the January 2010 issue of T+D, highlighted two main purposes for mobile phone use: in-field performance support and access to current, just-in-time information that is relevant to a specific project or task. But an even more important reason to venture into the world of mobile learning is that newer workers in the workforce, the Millennials, are demanding it.  
  • The need to make social media and mobile learning a part of the workplace to attract, engage, and retain the younger generations is forcing learning professionals to explore new and innovative ways to deliver learning on these inexpensive devices, anytime and anywhere.  
    • Stephanie Cooper
      Stephanie Cooper on 25 Apr 11
       
      This also applies to professors.  Since mobile learning is becoming a reality in the workplace, students need to be prepared for it.  
  • Morgan Stanley estimates that by 2015, more users will connect to the Internet via mobile devices than by desktop PC. “Our world,” Jeanne Meister and Karie Willyerd wrote in a July T+D article, “will turn into three-minute learning vignettes.” GPS sensitivity, according to Meister and Willyerd, will help new hires find checkpoints so they can learn the company and its history, and could alert us when we are near an expert in a topic of our choice. “Perhaps the future role of learning is to find, organize, and enable the experts,” Meister and Willyerd wrote.   Learning is trending toward the user and the moment of need. Workplace learning and performance professionals need to redefine the role that mobile learning will play in their learning initiatives because if they don’t, they risk being left behind in this new workplace paradigm.  
Thomas Clancy

Session Description - ISTE 2011 Infographics - 1 views

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visual literacy critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 30 Jun 11
     
    Infographics -visual representations of data- can play a critical role in developing students' information literacy so they can make sense of their world.
  • Thomas Clancy on 07 Jul 11
     
    visual construction
Keith Hamon

Don't show, don't tell? - MIT News Office - 1 views

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Pedagogy Emily Finn education critical thinking

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  • Keith Hamon on 05 Jul 11
     
    Explicit instruction makes children less likely to engage in spontaneous exploration and discovery. A study by MIT researchers and colleagues compared the behavior of children given a novel toy under four different conditions, finding that children expressly taught one of its functions played with the toy for less time and discovered fewer things to do with it than children in the other three scenarios.
Keith Hamon

Digital Literacies for Writing in Social Media | DMLcentral - 1 views

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writing John Jones digital literacy Education 2.0

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  • students need to gain experience actually participating in social media. The best way to understand the expectations of a particular medium is to participate in that medium and identify its genre expectations as they emerge.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Nov 11
       
      This is one reason why QEP encourages a more open, social approach to writing. We want to move beyond "writing for grading" (which, by law, must be kept private) to "writing for learning and communicating."
  • Students need to think of their online data along the dimensions of: * accessibility* searchability* persistence
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Nov 11
       
      Hmm … paper was so easy: everything was in my portable file folder. Now, I can't track where all my writing resides. New skills to be learned.
  • As more and more of our writing makes its way into digital form -- and as the increasing use of biometrics and other forms of behavior monitoring turns our behaviors into volumes of data -- it will become increasingly important for writers to take steps to ensure the integrity of their private data.
    • Keith Hamon
      Keith Hamon on 02 Nov 11
       
      Privacy is always a consideration, but putting your journal under your mattress no longer works. So what does? We'd best learn. And soon.
  • Keith Hamon on 02 Nov 11
     
    The question we are faced with, then, is this: how do we prepare our students to write effectively in environments that don't yet exist? While I'm sure there is more to add to this list, I suggest that there are three domains of literacy that, if students become aware of them, will prepare them for new digital writing environments. Namely, students should be aware of the speed of digital communications and the types of interactions that speed encourages, the ways in which digital writing environments preserve and provide access to data, and how writing technologies manage the divide between public and private.
Stephanie Cooper

Flipped Classroom: Beyond the Videos | Catlin Tucker, Honors English Teacher - 1 views

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flippedclassroom flipped classroom classroom technology

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  • Ramsey Musallam, defines “flip teaching” as “leveraging technology to appropriately pair the learning activity with the learning environment.” This flexibility is why technology has the potential to be so transformative in education.
  • The goal of the flipped classroom should be to shift lessons from “consumables” to “produceables.”
  • Blake-Plock makes a strong point when he says we learn by “doing.”
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  • In my presentations on the flipped classroom, I’ve advocated for 3 things that I think would make this model more appealing to most of educators:
  • Stephanie Cooper on 01 Apr 13
     
    This author presents a practical view of implementing the Flipped Classroom model.  
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