Students in the Adult learning in education and work unit are currently progressing through the readings for Topic 1 and I am really enjoying reading their posts. Most students are providing examples of how knowledge and expertise can be seen and/or applied in their field of work or life. It's great to see students connecting theory to real-world situations outside of academia.
Quite a few students have completed the first 3 readings and the learning activity. The first 3 readings are:
For activity 1 students will reflect on the readings and write a blog post to share their understanding of the readings with their peers. They then read 2 other student posts and add a comment to each post. The intention of this activity is not only to assist students to learn about the concepts of knowledge and expertise but to encourage cognitive interaction and communication with their peers so that they can view the key concepts of the readings from multiple perspectives. Although we are only in the second week of the semester I can already see evidence of a community of inquiry starting to develop in this unit.
For activity 3 students are conducting a short online survey about knowledge and expertise and are promoting their posts through their professional networks such as Twitter, Linkedin etc. We are inviting the broader educational and training community to share their knowledge and experience with us. On the right is the student blog list. When you see headings like "Please comment" or "I need you" please take a few minutes to respond to the short survey students are conducting. It is only 4 questions and you don't need to respond to them all. Any input would be greatly appreciated :)
Quite a few students have completed the first 3 readings and the learning activity. The first 3 readings are:
- Knowledge navigators and lifelong learners: producing graduates for the information society (Candy, 2000)
- Understanding adult learners (Tennant & Pogson, chapter 2). In Understanding adult education and training (Foley, 2000).
- The concept of intelligence and its role in lifelong learning (Sternberg, 1997)
For activity 1 students will reflect on the readings and write a blog post to share their understanding of the readings with their peers. They then read 2 other student posts and add a comment to each post. The intention of this activity is not only to assist students to learn about the concepts of knowledge and expertise but to encourage cognitive interaction and communication with their peers so that they can view the key concepts of the readings from multiple perspectives. Although we are only in the second week of the semester I can already see evidence of a community of inquiry starting to develop in this unit.
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For activity 3 students are conducting a short online survey about knowledge and expertise and are promoting their posts through their professional networks such as Twitter, Linkedin etc. We are inviting the broader educational and training community to share their knowledge and experience with us. On the right is the student blog list. When you see headings like "Please comment" or "I need you" please take a few minutes to respond to the short survey students are conducting. It is only 4 questions and you don't need to respond to them all. Any input would be greatly appreciated :)
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