Reflections for session 2 (Nursakinah)

Before the class started, I was browsing through the powerpoint slides and realised there are alot of activities for session 2. As compared to session 1, where most of the activities are individual-based activities, this time round there are many activities involving pair work and group work.

As I step into the class, I have a rough idea of what self-directed and collaborative learning are. To me, self-directed learning is basically learning individually and collaborative learning is about group work. I did not realise they can co-exist into the same activity. I thought they were mutually exclusive. But I was wrong.

I particularly liked activity 3. Dr Tan gave us a 50 minutes activity time for us to complete either the mind map or the TEL demo. This is different. He did not direct us with specific instructions. He told us to choose our task and plan it out on our own as a group. At the end of the lesson, after going through the activities, I understood the meaning of self-directed and collaborative learning. They can overlap each other. For example, as a group, we can work collaboratively and at the same time self-direct ourselves to choose our own plan and timing.

Oh yes, I think the mind meister was cool. We can edit our mind map real time. I’ve never used such technology before. In the future I would like to carry this out with my students. And I shall look forward to session 3. =)