Frankly speaking, ICT has been giving me greatest workload compared to other modules since the start of my NIE days. It is very tiring. However, I must admit that ICT lessons are more fulfilling than some other modules which I am having at the moment. Dr Tan managed to conduct meaningful lessons which helps me to internalize the concepts taught in class.
My aim for this module is really to learn how and what to do to make the lesson meaningful to enhance learning for students. Well, I think I am perhaps half-way there? I believe after the demo sessions, I will have a better picture of how to implement ICT into lessons.
Though it is seriously taxing to blog every week, I feel that blogging help to reflect and recap all the things I have learnt so far. I can refer back to my previous postings to gauge my own progresses. I can also view other people's posting to learn from them.
As for this E-learning session, I think the assignments are a form of authentic learning as we will be working on the individual assignments based on the knowledge which we obtain from E-learning assignments. However, I believe my group and myself could have done more to critique on one another postings. This will encourage more learning to take place. We could have set a dateline for everyone to post the 1st posting so that ample of time could be allocated for commenting. Hence, I would say we could improve on our communication and collaborate more efficiently.
Nevertheless, it is great to read my group members' postings and some have great views and insights! That's the wonder of blog!
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I'll just say this: You get out of the course, what you put into it. If others do the same, you get even more out of it. When you truly collaborate, you get more than just the sum of the parts.
ReplyDeleteBlogging weekly is just a guideline simply because there are new things to learn each week. It is important to take stock of what is important to you. At the first session, I mentioned that I wanted all of you to reflect at critical moments of your choosing. This could be more than once a week or it could be every other week or some other reasonable interval.
Beyond that, there is the social pressure within your group (and perhaps between groups) to blog. The end result is putting into action SDL and CL. To get there requires work. Learning is not easy.
But learning can be fun too. Stay tuned and tuned-in when we explore educational gaming in the weeks to come!