Bringing Theory Into Practice
Malcolm B. Brown,
EDUCAUSE Resources, NLII Meetings,
Mar 18, 2005
This is a pretty good slide show looking at aspects of learner-centered learning and in particular some properties of learning (learning is engaged, learning is social, learning is locally owned) and the evolving roles of students and instructors. One quibble. The author cites this from the Chronicle: "Giving professors gadgets without training can do more harm than good in the classroom." This may sound like common sense, but let's think about this. Professors are highly educated, as educated as any in society. They are not infants. Can professors not learn for themselves how to use a gadget? Instead of providing training each time a new gadget is introduced, we should be asking why professors learn for themselves, and address the cause, whether it lies in the gadget or in the professors. More from the NLII Spring Session.
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