Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:712] Re: IFETS-DISCUSSION digest 95
From: Albert Ip (albert@dls.au.com)
Date: Sat 25 Nov 2000 - 12:42:38 MET
From: "Albert Ip" <albert@dls.au.com> Subject: [IFETS-DISCUSSION:712] Re: IFETS-DISCUSSION digest 95 Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 22:42:38 +1100
"Michael Cenkner" <mcenkner@powersurfr.com> Sat, 25 Nov 2000 18:17:33 +1300
wrote:
> One analysis of "flow" shows tension and relaxation on different axes,
> with flow moving diagonally up. The implication is that a balance is
> required. Although there were authoritarian excesses of structure in
> the past, in my opinion we've swung too far in many ways towards the
> "freedom" side in education, partly because of politics and partly
> because of the expense and effort of designing appropriate structures
> for learning to occur. This kind of structure somewhat obviates the need
> for instruction, but requires a shift towards a facilitation model, ...
A well designed role play exhibits a fine balance between the tension and
the relaxation referred to Cenkner (I am with you on this Micheal:-)). The
scenario(s) and social structure defined in the role play provide a
framework. Players have freedom to act within the confirm defined by the
character in the role play. When we have concrete learning objectives in
mind, the challenge is to design the scenarios, the social structure and the
triggering events so that the players will "naturally" arrive at the outcome
as specified by the learning objectives. It seems to me the art of
facilitation in online role play would be as challenging (if not more) as
moderating an online discussion.
cheers
Albert
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