B.F Skinner. Teaching machine and programmed learning
Immediate effects of programmed learning:1) correct behavior 2) motivating effects - positive reinforcementHe's a psychology professor so these conclusions makes sense.
Advantage: Students more at their own pace "Students follow a carefully constructed program." Curated by teacher/expert/programmer
Learning broken into small steps or tasks."Cover twice as much material with the same amount of time and effort."
Write a blog post about what you think of the “teaching machine.” How do the approaches or above thinkers support (or go against) your thoughts?
Admittedly, I'm totally in favor of the teaching machine approach. It's the way I've always taught my courses. Granted, I teach technology where there isn't much theory and opinions to teach. I believe technology can teach the skills. My job is to "curate" what skills students need and to teach the why's and when (context) to use the skills.
Emergent Learning Model:"Teaching is a profession, which I believe works best when based on a Community of Practice model; it is a craft to be learnt in practice over time. " Couldn't agree more. The hardest thing about teaching at a university is knowing that many of the professors have never taken the time to learn learning theories and improve on the craft of teaching.
I've watched Ken Robinson's TED talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity" many times and do believe many of the K-12 schools do this.
"Teachers needed a new skill set if the creative, interactive and participative learning affordances of both dedicated and adapted new learning media were to be realised. "
It's hard to see professors not using the technologies available to them in the best way possible. "Thinking outside the box" is nearly impossible. Please don't get me wrong, there are some (James :) ) but it's a handful in each college.
Example... I gave a presentation on using Google docs as a tool for students to use to when working in groups/teams and how to base a grade on the student's interactions. I was doing this in a 200 level course so the students would be prepared for their 300-400 level classes. There were 20ish professors in attendance. I told them I was happy to show them on an individual basis how Google docs works and how they could use it in their classes. One (1) person followed up and this person is now a chairman at another university. I'm pretty sure they were all there for the free lunch...
LOVE Mike Wesch. I show A Vision of Students Today to my classes every semester.
Immediate effects of programmed learning:1) correct behavior 2) motivating effects - positive reinforcementHe's a psychology professor so these conclusions makes sense.
Advantage: Students more at their own pace "Students follow a carefully constructed program." Curated by teacher/expert/programmer
Learning broken into small steps or tasks."Cover twice as much material with the same amount of time and effort."
Write a blog post about what you think of the “teaching machine.” How do the approaches or above thinkers support (or go against) your thoughts?
Admittedly, I'm totally in favor of the teaching machine approach. It's the way I've always taught my courses. Granted, I teach technology where there isn't much theory and opinions to teach. I believe technology can teach the skills. My job is to "curate" what skills students need and to teach the why's and when (context) to use the skills.
Emergent Learning Model:"Teaching is a profession, which I believe works best when based on a Community of Practice model; it is a craft to be learnt in practice over time. " Couldn't agree more. The hardest thing about teaching at a university is knowing that many of the professors have never taken the time to learn learning theories and improve on the craft of teaching.
I've watched Ken Robinson's TED talk "Do Schools Kill Creativity" many times and do believe many of the K-12 schools do this.
"Teachers needed a new skill set if the creative, interactive and participative learning affordances of both dedicated and adapted new learning media were to be realised. "
Free lunch - I have hosted a number of those presentations - Ha. Thank you for sharing. I also love Mike Wesch's work.
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