We all have the experience of making mistakes during exams, when completing homework at school and in making day to day decisions. Even as we recall these past mistakes some of us can easily revisit that unpleasant feeling that we once felt with those mistakes, as though it just happened yesterday. This apparently is due […]
Archive for the ‘Journal’ category
*Measuring Adult Motivation for Learning.
Since the early nineteen hundreds there have been many studies on human motivation resulting in many interesting theories. From what I can tell, these theories originated from fields such as psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology and possibly many other fields of study, but applied widely in the education or learning fields as well. Take for example […]
*The practicality of “less is more” in education
Jessica wrote an inspiring article on “empowering students” in her blog. In there she highlighted the notion of “less is more” for empowering students to achieve their best where less direction and less control by the instructor will provide students with the opportunity and freedom to “explore, create, fail, recover and move within their own […]
*Lesson Planning : Considering Motivation and Motivational Techniques
This idea paper “Student Goal Orientation, Motivation and Learning” by Marilla D. Svinick, provides some insights into the different student behaviours that we experience everyday in our classroom. These ideas are important because instructors must be able to recognize students’ behavioural tendencies and adjust their efforts in order to reach greater success. This paper classifies student […]
*Lesson Planning : Constructing course objectives using Blooms Taxonomy
The University of North Carolina’s published this document summarizing four different interpretations of Blooms Taxonomy by four different educational institutions for use with course objective construction: http://teaching.uncc.edu/sites/teaching.uncc.edu/files/media/files/file/GoalsAndObjectives/BloomWritingObjectives.pdf I found this document to be very useful for two reasons: 1. In understanding that Blooms Taxonomy is not a static set of verbs but something that can be […]
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*E-learning safes time and energy
E-learning had becomes quite popular over the years as people discover that they can complete college, work training and all sorts of other learning directly from the comfort of their home. However, not many people know that they can use the same techniques that educators use for creating efficiency in their everyday work environment. This […]
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*Lesson planning : ideas and examples for online courses
The seven step process of instruction is a great reference material with regards to effective lesson planning however some of the steps are not suitable for online lesson planning. This is because, the interactive nature of the face to face classroom is different in the online environment. Therefore step 3 and 4 of the seven step […]
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*Lesson Planning : Creating a positive learning environment for online course delivery
“The Theory and Practice of Online Learning” eBook published by the Athabasca university includes a comprehensive coverage of the practices and challenges of online course delivery: http://cde.athabascau.ca/online_book/pdf/TPOL_book.pdf The author discusses the importance of creating a sense of trust and safety amongst the learners to ensure that they feel comfortable in expressing their thoughts and comments within […]
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*My online classroom trends and the different roles I play as an instructor.
A background scenario to consider : Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do. I came across this quote recently but I cannot remember where I first read it. It felt as though I have always known this expression and it stuck to the back of mind, emerging every […]
