Welcome to ED5001 Live! : Welcome to ED5001 Live! We’ll begin at 8:15 Eastern Time
Thursday, Sept. 10
~~ Dr. Garrigan
Smart Car in Our Future? : Smart Car in Our Future?
What Should You Be Learning? : What Should You Be Learning? … about social & ethical issues & distance ed?
Ideas
Resources
Skills & Techniques
Vocabulary (and Usage!)
Researchers & Theorists
Slide 4 :
Constructivist Point of View : Constructivist Point of View We actively construct knowledge by interacting with world.
You test everything you read, see, and hear against prior knowledge; if it’s viable within your mental world, you may learn something new.
You aren’t a memory bank passively absorbing information. Knowledge can’t be "transmitted" to you just by reading or listening.
Of course you can learn from reading a web page or watching a lecture. But there is more interpretation going on than a transfer of information from one brain to another.
Constructionist Point of View : Constructionist Point of View learning is particularly effective when building or constructing something for others to experience.
For example, you can read this page several times and still forget it -- but if you explain the ideas to someone else in your own words, or produce a slideshow that explained the concepts, then it's likely you have integrated the new concepts into your own ideas.
This is why people take notes during lectures (even if they never read the notes again).
Social Constructivism : Social Constructivism extends constructivism into social settings, where groups construct knowledge for one another.
they collaboratively create a small culture of shared meanings. When one is immersed within a culture like this, one is learning all the time on many levels.
-- paraphrased from Moodle philosophy
Discussion Postings & Comments : Discussion Postings & Comments Have you been academically engaged,
Used new vocabulary,
Researched an idea you encountered
Mentioned ideas by author (why dis/agree?)
Have you added to discussion in your comments?
Extending
Personal example
Questioning
Added Web link, other reading or reference
Slide 9 :
Fostering Social Learning & Relationships : Fostering Social Learning & Relationships New 3 R’s …
Descriptive Title
Create online social learning scenario (like our course)
Discuss ideas and techniques of fostering SL & R
Use units’ ideas, terms, theories, theorists, citations
Notes – if you haven’t taken notes, begin now!
above demonstrates your abstract knowledge
Give specific examples of above in action (see directions)
above demonstrates applied knowledge re: two environments
You’re showing me what you know and can apply!
APA Style : APA Style Academic style of writing
Clarity
Neutral, objective viewpoint
Well organized & focused
Appropriate citations and references
Wilkes Grading Rubric : Wilkes Grading Rubric Academic Content & examples: 50%
Focus
Organization & APA Style
Writing Style
Conventions, mechanics
Read the Wilkes scoring rubric
Re-read the assignment directions
Questions? : Questions?
Parting Thought from Sunny Spain : Parting Thought from Sunny Spain We learn naturally by
examples
stories
analogies
Use where you can!