Learning Theories & Philosophies. 10 Things I've Learned About Teaching Online. I celebrated an anniversary recently.
It's been five years since I taught my first online course. When I first started to think about teaching online, I realized I had a lot to learn. Do it yourself. When I started teaching online, I was a heavy user of synchronous technologies because I liked that they offered real-time interaction with my students.
Starting with the beta version of Microsoft NetMeeting and using, at various points, Centra, WebEx, PlaceWare, and most of their competitors, I have found myself fairly ambidextrous in the sense that I can use any tool and take advantage of its features—or compensate for its shortcomings. Centra has always provided one of the best feature sets, and I was delighted to have a chance to check out how their users are deploying it at Centra's 4th annual user conference.
The conference, which took place May 13-15 in Boston, brought together 550 Centra users. Writing a Teaching Philosophy Statement. Academic Services staff members are available to read and comment on drafts of Teaching Philosophy Statements written by graduate students and postdocs at Washington University.
(To make an appointment, please contact Dr. Beth Fisher.) Gradutate students and postdocs should also ask faculty advisors, mentors, and peers to read your statement and provide feedback to help you improve its effectiveness and clarity. Note: This page was recently recommended in the Chronicle of Higher Education. 10 Ways to Ensure Distance Learning Success. Distance learning students must take a far more active role in learning and accessing information than traditional students in face-to-face classrooms.
Written messages or posts from the professor and classmates replace other means of direct communication, and course materials are posted online. Rather than simply sitting through a class and jotting notes, you must take the initiative to download and read lectures and course materials. As a distance learning student, you will find that being pro-active and engaged in your personal learning experience will pay off in good grades and depth of learning. 1. Read the Syllabus and Use it as a Roadmap The syllabus is your course guide. A good syllabus provides a kind of "roadmap" to success. Never discard the syllabus as an irrelevant document. 2. With online courses, students have fewer excuses. Make sure you can see your posted paper or attachment before you log out of the course site. 3. 4. The basics of e-learning. Introduction Distance education can provide a richer and more engaging educational experience than is possible within the confines of the classroom.
It requires creativity and innovation in the design and development of Internet-delivered materials, especially since materials may have to stand alone, and in the use of delivery technologies. The same issues of quality and effectiveness that exist in the classroom occur in distance education, often compounded by the delivery mechanism and lack of contact between students and teachers and between peers. Distance education existed long before the Internet, but it has become more prevalent and has changed significantly through technological advances. eLearning. eLearning Conferences 2012. E-Learning. Technologically Externalized Knowledge and Learning. Let’s take a step back and consider how well we are using learning technology in contrast with what is possible given advances over the last decade. Ideologies influence design, then design constrains future options. We don’t have to look very far to see examples of this simple rule: classrooms, design of organizational work activities, politics, and the operation of financial markets.
What we create to survive during one era serves as neurosis for another. In education – particularly in technology enhanced education – a similar trailing of ideologies from another era is observed. For example, education consultants and speakers commonly declare “if a student from 100 years ago came to our classrooms, she would feel right at home”. Elearn.theories. Connectivism and CAS in Learning. Connectivism. Evaluation. Academic Freedom vs Course Quality « Lisa’s (Online) Teaching Blog. Instructional design is dead. Let me start by saying that for many, many years, my title was some variation of "Instructional Designer.
" Are the Basics of Instructional Design Changing? ~ Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes. Joseph Beckmann wrote: Philosophy is a much larger, much deeper and much more complex activity than "constructivism" could ever encompass.
It involves a worldview that is so much more a challenge than neurology's current state that Paul Allen's billion dollar investment in pure research on brain activity suggests we hold off on any of these labels for, oh, a century or so. This comment is well taken, in my opinion. Massively Open Online Courses – the Death of Universities? Why Innovation Dies. Faced with disruptive innovation, you can be sure any possibility for innovation dies when a company forms a committee for an “overarching strategy.”
I was reminded how innovation dies when the email below arrived in my inbox. It was well written, thoughtful and had a clearly articulated sense of purpose. You may have seen one like it in your school or company. Ten Commandments of eLearning. Frequently when I talk to colleagues about eLearning they say something like 'I set up a bulletin board/blog/wiki etc but the students didn't use it'.
My response to them is always the same: that the problem is more likely to be with their design rather than with their students. Over the years I've learned a lot of things about what good design really means and I've grouped them all together into a Ten Commandents of eLearning. This is not intended to be blasphemous or disrespectful but rather is inspired by the Christian commandments in that all they're doing is presenting a set of basic principles to work to. Like the original ten commandments, with these the first is the most important. I hope you find them useful. 1 Put the pedagogy (not the technology) firstThink about what students need to learn then think about how it is best for them to learn it. 3 Balance risks with safetyWe want students to take intellectual risks but they need to feel safe in order to do so.
Clive Shepherd: Use scenarios in your elearning. Hello Cathy, I thoroughly enjoyed the slides you shared from your presentation, and appreciate the suggestions you provided.
Approaching instructional design from an “its our job to help people solve problems in the real world” way is a unique perspective that I think is probably the best point of view. I understand that scenario-based problem-solving in eLearning, and other methods of teaching, is an important approach, but I am faced with the question of “why does it work so well”. Its seems to all tie directly back to fundamental memory and information-processing theories.
Considering your coffee pot example, just having students read the words on the screen about where to best place a heavy pot on a serving tray is not enough. Instructional Design. Instructionaldesigner. Instructional Designers. E-Learning & Instructional Design 101. E-Safety. Digital ethics and safety. What Makes a Good Teacher? - Student Q&A. Online Learning/Teaching. Free Learning Management System Hosting. Digital Delights for Learners. E-Learning and Digital Media ISSN 2042-7530 - Related websites. Open source e-portfolio and social networking software.