[opendtv] Re: Connected classrooms
- From: "Leonard Caillouet" <lcaillo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 05:44:59 -0400
The people on this group largely share the skill of being able to solve a
problem. That involves first understanding what the problem is and THEN
deciding upon a strategy, gathering the resources, using what is reasonably
available, doing the work, and validating what you have done. You all do it
every day and as second nature without thinking about it.
This discussion, like many with regard to education, starts by arguing
strategy and resources. A good educator instinctively takes the student's
context and what they need or might be able to learn and then works with
what they have much like you do. Our educational system, however, applies a
method, and whatever resources legislatures have appropriated, and attempt
to fit most learners into a similar black box.
The best educators know that you have to clearly define your objectives,
then work with what you have to solve the problem in the context of the
learner. Just like you all do. The technology is not a solution nor is
lack of it a significant hindrance to innovation. It is just another tool
in the box. These days, it is so pervasive that the cost is not significant
for most applications of technology. The same problems remain. What needs
to be learned and how to best engage the learner to get it done? Tech has
just given us more tools in the box.
Leonard Caillouet
Gainesville, FL
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Subject: [opendtv] Re: Connected classrooms
TLM wrote:
> I don't pretend that this can happen with a mail-in get-your-degree
> program. That is a suppliement and can add value. But I think you
> have to admit that there is something there that cannot be replaced by
> the Internet. Supplimented, Yes. Replaced, No.
This is going beyond the mere Skype session in a classroom, but:
No one claims that you can replace entirely the classroom experience. But
then again, which classroom experience? That of the full-time resident
student? That of the "townie"? That of the night school student/worker?
These are already different experiences, differences which existed before
the Internet. The Internet adds more variety. For that matter, I'll give you
an added option: totally unstructured learning. Where the individual
searches out the sources, searches out discussion forums, joins standards
bodies, contributes to the creation of standards, and ends up supplementing
his education that way. Would have been close to impossible to do before the
Internet. Or certainly a lot more laborious.
When I was going to school, our profs repeated many times that anything we
learned there would be obsolete in just a few years. They were spot on. So
the question is, how do you stay useful? Decades of evening courses? Maybe
good for some, but there are much easier ways now, as long as you're self
motivated.
Bert
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