Near blind panic I don't think quite covers how I feel as I jump into the eLearning pond without even getting testing the water with my toes first.
Where to start? I guess I'm wondering if technology will be the magic bullet that will make my teaching life easier. Am I the only one who feels they must now compete with students for their 15 sec microwave-based attention span and hopefully plant a seed of interest that tunes them into what I have to say?
When you look at the many ways that students can become informed - and often how unreliable some of these sources are I begin to at times question just how practical a shift towards a more student centered learning programme is.
I guess I see this eLearning course I am doing as a chance to help the students develop their own understanding via the community they build inside the classroom and see if can be extended to become a desire to investigate and find the (relative) truth themselves.
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Well, the first leson to swimming is to learn to respect the water. Try floating a while, tread water, get to know how it works, then decide if you can make it to the islands, or if there is a current to tap into.
As criptic as that may sound at first, I'm confident that if you can afford 4 - 5 hours per week with this, keeping careful notes and hyperlinks on your blog, reaching out and commenting on other's blogs, reading other's articles and findings, that you will discover a current, but you may have to swim a little.
Seeing as you came late, you may have missed an article that I wonder whether it will float you a little. It is tKonrad Glogowski's article called Instructional Scaffolding. Give that a read, see where it leads you, and come back here to your blog to post a review. Extra brownie points if you link to other articles to support your review.
Also. Make sure that you have the course blog saved and that you refer to it everytime to you start a session of research with this course: http://online-learning-communities.blogspot.com
Well, the first leson to swimming is to learn to respect the water. Try floating a while, tread water, get to know how it works, then decide if you can make it to the islands, or if there is a current to tap into.
As criptic as that may sound at first, I'm confident that if you can afford 4 - 5 hours per week with this, keeping careful notes and hyperlinks on your blog, reaching out and commenting on other's blogs, reading other's articles and findings, that you will discover a current, but you may have to swim a little.
Seeing as you came late, you may have missed an article that I wonder whether it will float you a little. It is tKonrad Glogowski's article called Instructional Scaffolding. Give that a read, see where it leads you, and come back here to your blog to post a review. Extra brownie points if you link to other articles to support your review.
Also. Make sure that you have the course blog saved and that you refer to it everytime to you start a session of research with this course: http://online-learning-communities.blogspot.com
Welcome Gf.
I've enjoyed reading your postings, and am looking forward to meeting you tomorrow on the elluminate session.
Hopefully you're planning to attend.
Regards,
David McQuillan
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