kristoffer greaves reflection on masters of professional education & training, semester 1, 2009
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Kristoffer GreavesReflection on Masters of Professional Education & Training, Semester 1, 2009
Teaching what students/clients want
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it.
1990s – ‘Client-focused’ competency based training (CBT)
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it.
1990s – ‘Client-focused’ competency based training (CBT) with flexible:
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it.
1990s – ‘Client-focused’ competency based training (CBT) with flexible: Delivery Modes
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it.
1990s – ‘Client-focused’ competency based training (CBT) with flexible: Delivery Modes Delivery Venues
Teaching what students/clients want, in the ways they want it.
1990s – ‘Client-focused’ competency based training (CBT) with flexible: Delivery Modes Delivery Venues Assessment Practices
All emerging digital forms of:TeachingLearningSupportAdministration
in education
institution-based, formal education where the learning group is
separated, and where interactive telecommunications
systems are used to connect learners, resources and instructors ...
“telecommunications systems” includes electronic media
Simonson et al 2009 p. 32
‘Technology’
traditional, behaviourist approach, focused on production process to program learning
compared to broader contemporary view, tools
that mediate interactions
‘Interaction’
necessary constituent of all learning many interactions (not just f2f):
Learning materials (print/online/digital/LMS) Administrative sub-system (enrolments etc) Academic sub-system (lecturers, tutors, etc) Other learners (group work, discussions, etc)
Learners’ contextspersonal worlds: family, friends,
home & communityprofessional worlds: professional
colleagues, managers, memberships interactional distances:
Intimate: home, family, friends Effective: work, shops, college, etc Nominal: world at large
Religious letters and texts Correspondence - penny post – Britain
1681; Pitman –shorthand lessons 1837 School of the Air – Australia 1951 Open university – UK 1960s Teletutoring – Australia 1970s ‘Distance Education’ – growth in 1980s
Otto Peters: “industrialised education” Holmberg: “guided didactic conversatio
n” Traditional assumptions - distant
student necessarily ‘disadvantaged’? Education as text – is ‘conventional’
education inevitably ‘distant’? Creative approaches to serve learners’
needs
Industry’s demands – flexible workforce essential to improved productivity
TAFE delivery of VET seen as costly & non-responsive to industry change
CBT and recognition of prior learning (RPL) – demonstrated competencies
Training packages & self-directed learning
Australian Flexible Learning Network
Effects of online learning – changing pedagogy underlying
technological developments transition from ‘autonomous learner’
to ‘electronically connected learning community’
Knowledge construction - a dialectic process where one tests & negotiates constructed views on & with others
Potential attributes of online learning ‘+ ’
‘Equal’ mediumCollaborative learningFlexibility of time and placeAccess to mentorNES have time to reflectReflective communicationOvercome isolation
Potential attributes of online learning ‘-’ Learners need IT equipment Information overload Online learning curve Typing skills important Missed communication cues; ‘flaming’ Dominant personalities Non-participating lurkers
Appropriate pedagogical models?One-alone – online databases &
journalsOne-to-one – learning contract, emailOne-to-many – lecturer, symposium,
podcastMany-to-many – discussion, group
work, debate, synchronous or asynchronous
Attributes of collaborative learning & social construction of knowledge :Share diverse perspectives of groupClarification of ideasFeedback on ideasGroup solutionsSharing resourcesPracticing language of knowledge groupPower of group discussion
Distance education and technology interrelate and mutate synchronously
Theory & research has to keep up Tension between public and private Post-Fordism – technology permits
affordable production of non-identical units
Diversity of learner needs + mentor skills
Social presence in a virtual environment
Flexibility = overload?Reallocation of workloads Implications for instructional design Implications for training and
regulatory policies