TARGET AUDIENCE: UNIVERSITY TEACHERS
DURATION: SEVEN WEEKS (6 hours per week)
Background: In the 21st century, acquiring digital skills are significant to accelerate the teaching and learning process. The theory of connectivism offers great scope for learning in the digital world. According to Seimens (2005), “We can also share knowledge through networking. Interacting with others in a unique and contextual way adds value to learning and also gauges us into productive interactions.” Connectivism is a significant pedagogy in the digital age for open education, because we are connected to the diverse audience and resources through variety of software and apps. Ofcourse, it broadens the scope of learning and teaching. This amplification of learning, knowledge and understanding through the extension of a personal network is the epitome of connectivism.
Teachers can use varieties of methods and techniques to gauge learners. It also helps to improve their professional development skills. Further, they can use various online platforms to accelerate students’ and their own interactions.
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Week |
Topic |
Resources |
Principles |
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1 |
Social bookmarking |
Diigo OER: https://blog.diigo.com/2014/09/03/annotating-pdf-docs-with-diigo-a-tutorial |
Learning is a process of connecting specialised nodes or information sources. |
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2 |
Blog |
Word Press www.wordpress.com OER: The Open University Free Course, 2016 titled Teachers sharing resources online http://www.open.edu/openlearn/education/teachers-sharing-resources-online/content-section-0 |
Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions
Decision making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality.
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3 |
Digital Polling |
DirectPoll (i)create a real-time survey in class (ii) visualization in real-time settings to connect with learners
OER: None |
Learning and knowledge rests in diversity of opinions
Decision making is itself a learning process. Choosing what to learn and the meaning of incoming information is seen through the lens of a shifting reality. |
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4 |
Spelling Checker |
Grammarly (i)for checking grammar of students assignment (ii) for improving research writing skills as a practitioners OER: https://www.merlot.org/merlot/viewMaterial.htm?id=1267728 |
Learning may reside in non-human appliances. |
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5 |
Sharing Learning Designs |
CompendiumLD
OER: edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Compendium_LD |
Capacity to know more is more critical than what is currently known.
Ability to see connections between fields, ideas and concepts is a core skill.
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6 |
Discussion Forum |
bbPress |
Nurturing and maintaining connections is needed to facilitate continual learning |
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7 |
Update Knowledge and Developments |
Inside Higher Ed |
Currency (accurate, up-to-date knowledge) is the intent of all connectivist learning activities. |
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Great course, Munir. I like your solution for 'knowledge residing in non-human appliance', I was puzzling over that one, and the discussion plug-in for Wordpress is really useful.
Helen G.