Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Constructivist models
From: Deirdre Bonnycastle (Deirdre.Bonnycastle@EXTFC.USASK.CA)
Date: Sat 24 May 2003 - 20:32:19 MEST
Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 12:32:19 -0600 From: Deirdre Bonnycastle <Deirdre.Bonnycastle@EXTFC.USASK.CA> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSS] Constructivist models
I am currently developing an online Gender Studies course
that uses an interesting approach. There are five modules
(that's the linear aspect). In each module, there are a
series of readings that everyone is expected to read. Three
or four students are expected to write a 400 word "This is
what my understanding of the reading is..." The other
students are then expected to discuss what the other
students say. At the same time, 3 or 4 other students will
be doing a WebQuest that they present. At the end of the
discussion, the instructor posts her comments. The writing
and WebQuest are worth 30% of the students marks.
We piloted the course with 40 students and the students
loved it. The amount of participation was very high in
quantity and quality. In their final papers many of the
students quoted what other students had said. We are going
to limit the number of students to 20 (there were over 500
postings) just to save the instructors sanity.LOL
Deirdre Bonnycastle
Faculty
Instructional Design Group
Extension Division
University of Saskatchewan
Deirdre.Bonnycastle@usask.ca
(306) 966-1803
What matters most is not the moment when the student uses
the technology, but how that use promotes improvement in
that student's education. - S. Ehrmann
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