Infographic: Does Texting Hurt Your Grammar?
Posted: February 12, 2013 Filed under: Digital Citizenship, Ed Tech, Education, eLearning, Learning, Literacy, Social, Social Learning, Social Media, Teaching, Technology | Tags: Grammar, Students, Texting Comments Off
Via http://www.onlinecollege.org/2013/02/12/does-texting-hurt-your-grammar/
Why Online Learning Is Vital to Improving Education
Posted: January 31, 2013 Filed under: Ed Tech, Education, eLearning, Internet, Learning, Social Learning, Teaching, Technology | Tags: eLearning, Higher Education, Online Learning Comments Off
http://www.onlinedegreeprograms.com/blog/2013/why-online-learning-is-vital-to-improving-education/
Infographic: Major Ed-Tech Trends for 2013
Posted: January 23, 2013 Filed under: Ed Tech, Education, Learning, Social Learning, Social Media, Teaching, Technology | Tags: 2013, Ed Tech, Educational Technology Comments Off
Can Tablets Take the Place of Teachers?
Posted: January 2, 2013 Filed under: Education, Learning, Teaching, Technology | Tags: Tablets, Teachers Comments Off
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Presence Pedagogy
Posted: December 21, 2012 Filed under: Design, Education, eLearning, Learning, Social Learning, Teaching | Tags: Appalachian State University, Conceptual Framework, eLearning, online classroom, presence, Presence Pedagogy, Reich College of Education Comments OffI have written about the concept of presence in the online classroom before ( What Makes Online Courses Different – Presence). I came across this interesting article today – Presence Pedagogy: Teaching and Learning in a 3D Virtual Immersive World
The faculty within Appalachian State University’s Reich College of Education developed a Conceptual Framework. The following concepts serve as the foundation for this framework:
- Learning occurs through participation in a Community of Practice;
- Knowledge is socially constructed and learning is social in nature in a Community of Practice;
- Learners proceed through stages of development from Novice to Expert under the guidance of more experienced and knowledgeable mentors and among like-minded peers in the Community of Practice;
- An identifiable knowledge base that is both general in nature and also specific to specialties emerges from focused activity within the Community of Practice;
- All professional educators develop a set of Dispositions reflecting attitudes, beliefs, and values common to the Community of Practice.
Core Principles of Presence Pedagogy
- Ask questions and correct misperceptions
- Stimulate background knowledge and expertise
- Capitalize on the presence of others
- Facilitate interactions and encourage community
- Support distributed cognition
- Share tools and resources
- Encourage exploration and discovery
- Delineate context and goals to act upon
- Foster reflective practice
- Utilize technology to achieve and disseminate results
Problem-based learning: Using Case Studies in the Classroom
Posted: December 14, 2012 Filed under: Design, Education, Learning, Literacy, Teaching | Tags: Case Studies, Classroom, Problem-based learning Comments OffCase studies are often used in business schools, law schools, medical schools and in the social sciences, but they can be used in any discipline when instructors want students to explore how what they have learned applies to real world situations. Cases come in many formats, from a simple “What would you do in this situation?” question to a detailed description of a situation with accompanying data to analyze.
http://www.bu.edu/ceit/teaching-resources/in-the-classroom/using-case-studies-to-teach/
Advantages to the use of case studies in class
A major advantage of teaching with case studies is that the students are actively engaged in figuring out the principles by abstracting from the examples. This develops their skills in:
- Problem solving
- Analytical tools, quantitative and/or qualitative, depending on the case
- Decision making in complex situations
- Coping with ambiguities
Teaching with Case Studies – http://www.stanford.edu/dept/CTL/cgi-bin/docs/newsletter/case_studies.pdf
Download Teaching Materials Using Case Studies – http://www.materials.ac.uk/guides/1-casestudies.pdf
