Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2626] Re: Learning-to-Learn ... theory to practice
From: Scott Walker (walks@lake.ollusa.edu)
Date: Tue 18 Dec 2001 - 13:52:30 MET
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 06:52:30 -0600 From: Scott Walker <walks@lake.ollusa.edu> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:2626] Re: Learning-to-Learn ... theory to practice
IFETS Discussion List wrote:
>
> IFETS-DISCUSSION Digest 338
> 1) Learning to learn
> by Bob Leamnson <RLEAMNSON@UMassD.Edu>
> Chris O'Hagan's note on the psychological levels of learning included the
> suggestion that students themselves might profit from a better understanding
> of the learning process...
> My own interests are more with the biological process of learning than
> the psychological approach, and I hear from some teachers that telling their
> students what learning really was and how it happened generated considerable
> interest. So this year, when I taught neural structure and function, I
> ended with a description of the kinds of behavior (study) that would
> stabilize the desired synapses. This included the effects of emotional
> involvement, interest, and focussed attention.
Bob and others,
I ask students do a learning-to-learn activity as a non-graded activity
before their first online class with me since much of my classwork takes
considerably more self-discipline and student responsibility than a
face-to-face class the way I teach. The activity
(http://education.ollusa.edu/edtech/educ6395/advanceassignment/AA1learntolearn.htm)
I did once as a student at the University of Southern Queensland in an
open and distance learning course. It asks students to think about the
ways they've learned independently since adulthood by recalling things
they've learned outside of a school setting and how they learned what
they did. Since students must use a chart to record their previous
learning (and subsequently summarize in a paragraph e-mailed to me) they
do a good job of realizing they do not to be "hand held" through my
class. This also helps me set the expectation of my students that they
should shoulder some of the learning burden and not have to be taught
every single thing they come upon (note: I teach education technology
which has a number of new skills for some).
For what it's worth, have a look at another way to apply
learning-to-learn in an online setting.
Regards,
Scott Walker
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