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Activity 17: The role of abundance

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Edited by Amanda Harrington-Vail, Thursday, 24 Apr 2014, 14:27

 

Interesting that research by Wesch (2008) on what learners believe contrasted with what educators believe, (Weller, 2011 p.6). Perhaps this is due to social construction of 'authority' figures and ineffective research where the learners consciously or unconsciously felt they needed to provide the 'right' answer without processing it. For example Seely-Brown and Adler (2008) have studied participatory learning whereas likely the learners researched by Wesch have not, therefore they may be referring to previous rather than 'new' thinking - maybe formed of their own experiences. As Siemens (2005) claims "decision-making is itself a learning process". Therefore I would suggest in my context as an OU Tutor that students best make use of abundance by reflective practice, action research and critical incident analysis to focus on their inner dialogue. However this is not just for students, "the process of self-reflection as described by Schön (1987) should be included in ... teacher’s professional development" too (Rowley, 2014 p.35).

 

 

Rowley, J. (2014) Bridging the gap: improving students' learning experience through shifting pedagogical practices in higher education. [online]. Available at http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/ijld/article/view/4944 (last accessed 18 April 2014).
Schön, D.A. (1987). Educating the Reflective Practitioner. London: Jossey-Bass.
 
Seely-Brown, J & Adler P (2008) ‘Minds on Fire’  EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 43, no. 1
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Siemens, G. (2005) ‘Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age.’
International Journal of Instructional Technology  ,

2(1).  http://www.itdl.org/Journal/Jan_05/article01.htm

 

Wesch, M (2008) A portal on media literacy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4yApagnr0s

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