Creating WOW learning experiences

Carina van RooyenPresentation to the Department of Industrial Psychology and People

Management, UJ at the Teaching and Learning Indaba on 18 April 2013

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Source: http://education-2020.wikispaces.com/Constructivism

Principles for effective teaching

• Teamwork•Personalise the course – have contact with

students, and them amongst one another• Create a learning community

•Ensure active engagement: from attention to comprehension to integration

•Scaffolded, integrated teaching – authentic learning

•Communicate high expectations• Give prompt feedback

•Respect diverse talents and backgrounds•Reflect on and research your own teaching

From passive learning to active learning

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Go beyond…Go beyond…

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Students need to be effective learners

Lifelong learnersEffective learners are…

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Critical thinkers & evaluators

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communicators & creatorseffective

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Effective global collaborators

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Students need 21st century skills

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Thoughtful INTEGRATION of different modes

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Work at ‘home’

Other support

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Learning can & does take place beyond walls of

classrooms

Source: http://9gag.com/gag/4894845

•Tweet as ideal student•Post links

•Students follow at least two experts•Discussions related to content: discussion beyond

classroom •Summarise paragraph

•Building a learning community: last year’s students tweeting to this year’s first years

•Responded to questions: enhances feelings of care and connectivity

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Wikis for learning

 Collaborative learning Information sharing

Engagement

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Authentic learning

Scaffolded learning: support

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Technology play role, but it is not

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•Twitter: @carinavr•Papers online: Academia, Google Scholar,

Research Gate, Linkedin •Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/carinavr

•Social bookmarking / curation:Mendeley, Delicious, Pinterest, Scoopit, Storify

•Google group: https://sites.google.com/site/ujhtl

Me online professionally

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LAST WORDSLAST WORDS

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Technology is just the tip of the iceberg

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over

again and expecting

different results ~ Albert Einstein

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Teachers make lives

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While doctors save lives

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Further acknowledgements

•Tolisano SR 2009 Shifting to 21st century learning. Available at

http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/shifting-to-21st-century-learning

•Wheeler S 2010 Lifelong learning in a digital era. Presentation at the Joint Teaching and Learning

Conference on 24 June. Available online at http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/lifelong-

learning-in-a-digital-age •Wheeler S 2011 Learning and teaching in the digital

age. Presentation to the 8th International Teacher Training Seminar in Barcelona, Spain on 6 October

                          

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