Choice, duh!
Gary Stager,
Stager-to-Go,
Jul 22, 2011
Oh, hey, a conference that tried something other than stand-and-lecture. The 'Constructing Modern Knowledge' conference described here by Gary Stager reminds me of the educamps Diego Leal hosted in Colombia. "Supported by an amazing faculty, CMK 2011 participants engaged in dozens of hands-on/minds-on projects and expanded their vision of how computers can transform learning. (Specific examples will be shared at constructingmodernknowledge.com in the coming days.)" What made it work? No deep educational secret, but something quite basic. "Learners at CMK 2011 had complete freedom to choose, what, how and when they would learn. Participants selected projects in a coercive-free environment unimpeded by curriculum." We need more conferences like that.
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