by Johan Larsson I made it to week 6 of the PLENK 2010 course and this is my 6th blog reflection. I feel like I have gained a great deal from this course and the issues it has raised and required me to reflect on. Much of my blog posting this far drew on writings […]
Assessing learning in online learning environments
by Chickenball Squish “Nothing that we do to, or for, our students is more important than our assessment of their work and the feedback we give them on it. The results of our assessment influence our students for the rest of their lives and careers – fine if we get it right, but unthinkable if […]
Cognition, Epistemology and Learning
In this week’s Personal Learning Environments Networks and Knowledge (PLENK) 2010 course we looked at the many theories of learning which are documented in educational literature. How do we learn? Is it through direct instruction? Exposure to certain discrete forms of knowledge? Adaptability of the human mind? Negotiated condition? Theories of learning do not provide […]