Steven Johnson: Where good ideas come from | Video on TED.com
Are there spaces that encourage creativity?
Is an idea a single thing or does it arise from a network of ideas and connections?
Friday, December 31, 2010
Merrill on Instructional Design
Simple, Basic, Principles
Show the learner -- rather than just tell.
Provide opportunities for the learner to practice.
Motivation occurs when students can do something that they couldn't do before that is authentically related to the real world.
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Dec 30th
So, I'm just watching the snow and marking some papers. I think my students have learned some things over the course and that helps me feel encouraged to keep teaching it.
Kaylin says, "This course has also helped me distinguish between learning styles and theories. As I mentioned in my connectivism blog entry, my thoughts on how people learn used to be limited to learning “styles.” I had a narrow view of learners being visual, auditory, and/or kinesthetic. Since then, I have gained a deeper understanding of how students process, store, and transfer knowledge both cognitively and as products of their social environments. There was one straightforward explanation of the difference between learning theory and style that has really stuck with me and helped me differentiate the two. The most functional definition that I have heard so far is that “a learning strategy describes how a person learns -- in terms of method. A learning strategy is a cognitive or behavioral activity used to improve learning (Weaver, 2010)."
Wow, I'm happy to have helped to make that distinction more clear for this student. At the beginning of the course most students really feel comfortable with the idea of learning styles. It isn't easy to get then to think beyond those confines.
Weaver, S. (2010) Discussion on learning process. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4603373&Survey=1&47=7443671&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Kaylin says, "This course has also helped me distinguish between learning styles and theories. As I mentioned in my connectivism blog entry, my thoughts on how people learn used to be limited to learning “styles.” I had a narrow view of learners being visual, auditory, and/or kinesthetic. Since then, I have gained a deeper understanding of how students process, store, and transfer knowledge both cognitively and as products of their social environments. There was one straightforward explanation of the difference between learning theory and style that has really stuck with me and helped me differentiate the two. The most functional definition that I have heard so far is that “a learning strategy describes how a person learns -- in terms of method. A learning strategy is a cognitive or behavioral activity used to improve learning (Weaver, 2010)."
Wow, I'm happy to have helped to make that distinction more clear for this student. At the beginning of the course most students really feel comfortable with the idea of learning styles. It isn't easy to get then to think beyond those confines.
Weaver, S. (2010) Discussion on learning process. Retrieved from http://sylvan.live.ecollege.com/ec/crs/default.learn?CourseID=4603373&Survey=1&47=7443671&ClientNodeID=984650&coursenav=1&bhcp=1
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Friday, December 24, 2010
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com
Ken Robinson: Changing education paradigms | Video on TED.com
I love the format of this presentation and the content is important -- as important to educators as anything has ever been.
I love the format of this presentation and the content is important -- as important to educators as anything has ever been.
Monday, December 20, 2010
Hello World.
I ask my students to create blogs and I have created lots of blogs but have yet to be faithful in my posting. I'd like to update often, reflect on my teaching, and have a place to post information and links.
I think I'll use this white-out theme until Spring starts to spring.
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