Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts" Stephen Chen ITEC Atkinson [email protected] Fearless Learning Alan November Leading Learning 2005 http://www.yorku.ca/abel/LL2005/keynote/ index.html Empower students to learn anything at any time from.
Download ReportTranscript Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts" Stephen Chen ITEC Atkinson [email protected] Fearless Learning Alan November Leading Learning 2005 http://www.yorku.ca/abel/LL2005/keynote/ index.html Empower students to learn anything at any time from.
Blending Courses with Course Archives and "Webtexts" Stephen Chen ITEC Atkinson [email protected] Fearless Learning Alan November Leading Learning 2005 http://www.yorku.ca/abel/LL2005/keynote/ index.html Empower students to learn anything at any time from anywhere Modern Economies and Modern Education Dynamics of modern workplace requires life-long learners and just-in-time learners Formal, packaged lectures are not ideally suited for promoting selfdirected learning and independent inquiry The Role of Learning Objects Learning Objects are on-line resources dedicated to a single topic Well developed Learning Objects engage users into deeper explorations and understanding Deep explorations and individualized learning experiences are not usually available to students in large-size classes The Role of Face-to-Face Teaching Why are we here today? Teaching and learning benefits from the visual performance and dynamic interactivity of a classroom lecture Many concepts can be taught more efficiently and effectively in the classroom Course Blending Achieve the benefits of both on-line and in-person teaching formats Any “normal format” course can be blended Low-level Blending Course Archives Tutorials http://www.yorku.ca/sasit/itec/courses/ITE C1620/1620archive.html http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/ITE C1620/tutorials.html Discussion Forums High-level Blending Teaching with Learning Objects Webtexts Collection of selected web resources organized to match the course http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/ITE C2620/webtext/ Current Research Gesture Friendly Interfaces Hard to teach with learning objects http://www.atkinson.yorku.ca/~sychen/res earch/math/relationships_final.html Webtexts Independent research projects