Global Education Highlights (weekly)

• An Affinity for Asynchronous Learning

  There are two misconceptions that we think hinder teachers’ creativity when thinking about teaching online. The first is a tendency to think of ways of approximating their face-to-face teaching into an online format as much as possible — instead of considering the possibilities afforded by the new medium, with the diverse opportunities for engagement and communication. The (problematic) assumptions behind this include a belief that text is less personal, that immediacy is inherently more valuable, and that approximating face-to-face is beneficial. The second, which relates to the first, is the belief (as Kolowich suggests) that increasing the “human” element of an online course is best done by either showing the face/voice of the teacher (e.g., as in pre-recorded lectures used in many xMOOCs), approximating a non-interactive lecture-based face-to-face class, or interacting synchronously (as in Google Hangouts), approximating a discussion-based face-to-face class. An automatic preference for synchronous (usually audiovisual) interaction with students is often a “mistake”. It would, teachers imagine, be just like a face-to-face class, only online. Right? Actually, usually not. Maha has had experiences facilitating web-based video dialogue, and even though she sees it could have enormous potential when it works well, very often it does not. When we learn online, we are not together in one room, and we need to recognize not only the limitations of that, but the openness of its possibilities. The strengths of online learning, especially in massive courses such as MOOCs, and especially for adult learners, might lie in their asynchronous interactive components.

  tags: education synchronous asynchronous onlinelearning

• Lets get on board with Let me help view my recent post on

  Lets get on board with #onlinelearning #TogetherWeCan Let me help view my recent post on #LinkedIn #etl523 #inf530 #digitalcitizenship #Covid_19australia #education https://t.co/xDQH1YpQOU

  tags: onlinelearning TogetherWeCan LinkedIn etl523 inf530 digitalcitizenship Covid_19australia education

• Scrapbook challange #12: Networking

  I am interested to connect and network with other on ideas around digital technologies, innovation and project management. #getreadyDOL #education #digital have been my favorite hashtags but i am open to new ones. Read about me on https://t.co/5M6vHCEvHh

  tags: getreadyDOL education digital

• Jennifer Gonzalez fantastic podcast and blog that shows how ...

  Jennifer Gonzalez fantastic podcast and blog that shows how 'Curation Projects' build higher order thinking https://t.co/EBbwrsGw8v Boost Higher-Order Thinking, Try Curation https://t.co/y9VwIhvOkg via @cultofpedagogy #ETL325 #curation #education #Critica

  tags: ETL325 curation education CriticalThinkingSkills

• so you want to blog – should I write a guest post? | patter

  Pat Thomson starts a series of posts about blogging and posting as a guest.

  tags: education blogs blogging

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