week 3 overview
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Introduction to E-Learning
EDCI 56900 – Summer I, 2013 --- Dr. Yi Yang
REVIEW OF WEEK 2
1. Absorb-type activities: 1) Present information to learners
2) Learners absorb the knowledge offered
by the content by reading, listening, and
watching.
2. Do-type activities: 1) Put learners in action
2) Engage them active seeking, selecting,
and creating knowledge.
WEEK 3 PREVIEW
1. Connect-type activities: link learning to learners’ life, work, and future learning.
2. Six common types of Connect activities:
Ponder activities: motivate learners to think deeply and broadly about a subject Questioning activities: motivate learners to ask questions to fill
in their knowledge gaps Stories by learners: have learners recall events from their own
lives to prepare them how to apply the new knowledge Job aids: help learners apply learning to real-world situations
and tasks. Research activities: help learners research and discover their
own sources of informationOriginal Work: have learners perform genuine work and submit
for critique
THREE ACTIVITIES
A simple analysis of the three activities:
Absorb Activities Background information
Do Activities Hands-on Production
Connect Activities Correlates all
information from above to real-life
Part
I
Part 2
Part 3
SOCIAL LEARNING
What is social learning?
- NOT Bandura’s social learning theory!
- Conte and Paolucci (2001) define social learning as a process of learning caused or favored by people being situated in a common environment and observing one another.
- Horton (2012) define it as learning by interacting with other people.
CONNECTIVISM (SIEMENS, 2005)
1. Connectivism presents a model of learning that acknowledges the tectonic
shifts in society where learning is no longer an internal, individualistic activity
(Siemens, 2005).
2. Principles of Connectivism:
• Learning is a process of connecting specialized nodes or information
sources.
• Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual
learning.
• Ability to see connections between fields, ideas, and concepts is a core
skill.
• Decision-making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and
the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting
reality.
3. Implications:
• Management and leadership
• Design of learning environment
• Media, news, information.
FOUR MYTHS ABOUT SOCIAL LEARNING
1. Social Learning Is New?
2. Social Learning Is the Same as Social Media?
3. Social Learning Is Just for Fun?
4. Social Learning Doesn’t Have Broad Appeal?
Check this article to find out:
http://www.blackboard.com/sites/social/thought-leadership/myths.html
HOW TO BUILD A SOCIAL LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT?
1. Effective design
2. Facilitate the learning
3. Build effective interaction patterns
4. Use appropriate technology tools
5. Use your creativity!
- Read Horton’s Chapter 8
- Jane Hart wrote three articles on how to build a social learning
environment. Links are provided in Week 3 Overview and Assignments
Summary Announcement.