I completely agree with your statement that it is important that educators avoid assuming about cultural influences on education. Educators must keep from stereotyping and make sure to separate fact from stereotypes to most effectively reach his/her students. Culture can have such a huge impact on students and can be a great resource in the classroom. Great job!
Group 3, your members have done an exceptional job pulling together some concrete theory in a topic with variables that range from the physical to the meta-physical. I was especially interested in Kim's research into technology and, ultimately, the pros and cons of distance education and how to use technology effectively to meet the needs of various learning styles. As a distance education student, and someone who is also studying the theory of distance ed in EDTE 675, I was especially struck by the mandate for incarcerated individuals to have access to training and how technology might facilitate more individualized learning. I happen to know an incarcerated individual who has worked very hard to achieve her master's degree while in prison. All of her assignments were handwritten, and she had to get special permission to use a typewriter (yes, a typewriter) for her thesis. Again, this is a very interesting topic to me and I look forward to the rest of Group 3's project.
Kim This is the second time that I heard about the use of a book club. I didn't realize that this was a popular trend to engage in discussion. You're point about technology is true...it serves as a tool and not a replacement for discussion. Your educator was on point about going back to the drawing board and ask learners what they want to gather from the discussion. As it turns out, most are audio learners, and prefer to discuss the books in live conversation, rather than an online forum. Although the online forum was available to use. I think the idea of being able to record the conversations during the call and being able to go back and listen is practical, especially for those that can't make it to the call.
In the field of counseling psychology, therapists encourage their clients to find ways to discuss their issues as part of their therapy in a live forum, whether it would be in a small group in town or online.
Overall, conference calling is a great medium to use for learning.
Bridgit,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with your statement that it is important that educators avoid assuming about cultural influences on education. Educators must keep from stereotyping and make sure to separate fact from stereotypes to most effectively reach his/her students. Culture can have such a huge impact on students and can be a great resource in the classroom. Great job!
Katherine Hughes
Group 3, your members have done an exceptional job pulling together some concrete theory in a topic with variables that range from the physical to the meta-physical. I was especially interested in Kim's research into technology and, ultimately, the pros and cons of distance education and how to use technology effectively to meet the needs of various learning styles. As a distance education student, and someone who is also studying the theory of distance ed in EDTE 675, I was especially struck by the mandate for incarcerated individuals to have access to training and how technology might facilitate more individualized learning. I happen to know an incarcerated individual who has worked very hard to achieve her master's degree while in prison. All of her assignments were handwritten, and she had to get special permission to use a typewriter (yes, a typewriter) for her thesis. Again, this is a very interesting topic to me and I look forward to the rest of Group 3's project.
ReplyDeleteKim
ReplyDeleteThis is the second time that I heard about the use of a book club. I didn't realize that this was a popular trend to engage in discussion. You're point about technology is true...it serves as a tool and not a replacement for discussion. Your educator was on point about going back to the drawing board and ask learners what they want to gather from the discussion. As it turns out, most are audio learners, and prefer to discuss the books in live conversation, rather than an online forum. Although the online forum was available to use. I think the idea of being able to record the conversations during the call and being able to go back and listen is practical, especially for those that can't make it to the call.
In the field of counseling psychology, therapists encourage their clients to find ways to discuss their issues as part of their therapy in a live forum, whether it would be in a small group in town or online.
Overall, conference calling is a great medium to use for learning.
Carlos