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Hi All

This is really about week 23 of H800, so absence is understandable, forgiven, expected etc. Although on a vaguely controversial note I am finding some of the task instructions this week to be...hmmmm...technically speaking ...a bit arseways. For example, here are the questions I have to answer this week (Part 1 of 3 in Activity 3 of 7!).

1. What is your experience of being a learner?

Eh...very, very positive, I feel it is part of who I am and what I do, it is particularly relevant to my occupation, making me a better teacher and feeling on par with learners. Today, I think I'm getting pretty good at it, although assessments are never fun!

Bit of a strange question no?

1. What tools and resources do you use?
2. What are your views on different technologies?
3. Can you think of examples where technology has made a significant difference to the way you learn?
4. Can you think of counter examples where you had a bad experience of a particular technology?
5. What did this do to your motivation for learning?
6. How did you deal with the situation?

The rest of these questions I am somehow going to aticulate in a mindmap tomorrow and post it here.

K

This is an excerpt from a thread in the café:

Hi Richard, Emma and all,

I changed the subject in the hope others may think its very controversial and join the thread!! I've also posted this into my tutor group I hope this is ok!?

I'm glad you posted this Richard, as I think it's a crucial point. I am getting more from this course on both a learning/development front and on a practical impact on my learners [front] then any other course I have done - by a long way actually.

The TMAs do feel a little out of place though. Recently, I have been wondering why research papers seem to be the only academic route? We're asking how learners receive learning, what tech's they're using and how
teachers can incorporate this technology. Yet we're still obsessed with reports, papers and empirical research!

I do admire the OU for respecting the concept of reflection, opinion and activity. Llike you say Richard I guess they have to grade something!

http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/ken_robinson_says_schools_kill_creativity.html

Karl