Op basis van de reacties op en vragen over mijn vorige bericht over "TPACK-NL, the game" en vergelijkbare vragen die Wilfred Rubens op zijn blog stelt heb ik een sjabloon gemaakt van het spel, zodat je het spel kan aanpassen naar je eigen situatie. Het sjabloon is weer te vinden op onze TPACK-NL website.
Wil je bijvoorbeeld inzoomen op een bepaalde groep ict-toepassingen, dan kunnen de Technology kaarten aangepast worden. Wil je het spel gebruiken bij een discussie over een bepaald vak(gebied), dan kunnen de Content kaarten aangepast worden waarbij bijvoorbeeld deelgebieden of kerndoelen op de kaartjes gezet worden. De Pedagogy kaarten kunnen aangepast worden aan de hand van de meest gebruikte didactische werkvormen binnen de school/instelling.
Deze flexibiliteit is overigens een sterk en belangrijk punt binnen TPACK. Je moet ict-gebruik kunnen aanpassen aan een specifieke context (instelling, klas, doelgroep EN docent), vandaar ook de blauwe cirkel die altijd om het model staat. Maar deze flexibiliteit is ook een moeilijk punt als je TPACK aan het ontwikkelen bent. Het vraagt nogal wat van docenten.. zij moeten niet alleen kunnen schakelen tussen verschillende didactische aanpakken die passen bij de inhoud van het vak en bij hun doelgroep, maar nu moeten ze ook nog eens "even" kunnen schakelen tussen verschillende ict-toepassingen (of de keuze maken om geen ict te gebruiken) als de situatie daartoe leidt. Flexibiliteit is een mooi iets, maar het vinden van een balans.. (zie ook mijn eerdere bericht hierover).
Wil je overigens het TPACK-spel "op z'n TPACKs" spelen, kijk dan eens op de website van Matt Koehler..
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dinsdag 16 november 2010
zaterdag 25 september 2010
Flexible learning (2)
Last week I posted a message about the course that I am teaching in relation to "Pedagogies for Flexible Learning supported by Technology". In the mean time most of my students have made their own blog and are writing a post to introduce themselves and a post in which they share some ideas about flexibility and learning. I think it's great that they are doing this. They have just started their studies with me, for most of them it's the first time that they are blogging and they are just doing it! With some very nice results (you can follow them too, see the list of blogs on the right side of this blog)!
The interesting thing is that flexibility as a topic raises many different discussions. Not only about all the different kinds of flexibility that are possible (time, place, pace, content, learning strategies/approaches, etc.), but also in relation to for whom flexible learning is beneficial. In general the idea is that students would benefit most of flexible learning, especially if you follow the statement that my former colleagues Betty Collis and Jef Moonen are making in their book "Flexible Learning in a digital world". They argue that flexible learning is a movement away from a situation in which key decisions about learning are made in advance by the instructor or institution, toward a situation where the learner has a range of options from which to choose with respect to their learning.
Following this statement the idea raises that while flexible learning might be very attractive for students, it is on the other hand very inconvenient for teachers and for the organisation. And of course this argument can be made, because if a teacher has to cope with all the individual choices of each student, teaching will be an even more complicated job than it already is. But on the other hand.. this should not lead to instructors who are (as a response to all the demands) avoiding all kinds of flexibility in their teaching. Applying some level of flexibility can be great: working in your own time, choosing from different pedagogical approaches if you think it is necessary, using different kinds of resources to assure up-to-date information about your course/topic and using different kinds of technology to have an optimal support of your teaching and your students' learning.
The question is of course how to find the right balance..
The interesting thing is that flexibility as a topic raises many different discussions. Not only about all the different kinds of flexibility that are possible (time, place, pace, content, learning strategies/approaches, etc.), but also in relation to for whom flexible learning is beneficial. In general the idea is that students would benefit most of flexible learning, especially if you follow the statement that my former colleagues Betty Collis and Jef Moonen are making in their book "Flexible Learning in a digital world". They argue that flexible learning is a movement away from a situation in which key decisions about learning are made in advance by the instructor or institution, toward a situation where the learner has a range of options from which to choose with respect to their learning.
Following this statement the idea raises that while flexible learning might be very attractive for students, it is on the other hand very inconvenient for teachers and for the organisation. And of course this argument can be made, because if a teacher has to cope with all the individual choices of each student, teaching will be an even more complicated job than it already is. But on the other hand.. this should not lead to instructors who are (as a response to all the demands) avoiding all kinds of flexibility in their teaching. Applying some level of flexibility can be great: working in your own time, choosing from different pedagogical approaches if you think it is necessary, using different kinds of resources to assure up-to-date information about your course/topic and using different kinds of technology to have an optimal support of your teaching and your students' learning.
The question is of course how to find the right balance..
woensdag 22 september 2010
Flexible learning
Today my course "Pedagogies for Flexible Learning supported by Technology" started. The course is part of the mastertrack Curriculum Instruction and Media Applications (CIMA) from Educational Science and Technology (EST) at the University of Twente (UT). The course deals with the issues and opportunities of flexible learning, different pedagogical approaches and the possibilities to support this with different kind of technologies. In relation to this we will be discussing the TPACK framework and the relation of all this with teacher support and professional development of teachers.
Today the main topic of the course was Flexibility. The interesting thing is that this topic has been part of my course for several years now (since 2004). During the discussion about what flexibility is and what this means for educational programs there really is a shift in the way people think about flexibility. 5 to 10 years ago people would talk about flexibility options that were mostly related to time and place (and predominantly about distance education). Today's discussion was more about flexibility in relation to choices with regard to content, entry requirements and teaching approaches. On the one hand all these flexibility options seem very attractive for both teachers and students, but when you think about putting all this in practice... a big challenge!
One other topic that we discussed today was the use of a weblog for doing the assignments. Not many students have experience in using a weblog and some of them think it is a bit scary that everyone can read what you are writing. Understandable, but my experience is that once they start posting messages they also start liking this way of communicating. Not only with me, but especially with their fellow students. And (very important for me as a teacher) I really think that students learn more deeply from posting on a weblog, because they are not only submitting assignments, but they are also reflecting on what they write and what they have learned!
Today the main topic of the course was Flexibility. The interesting thing is that this topic has been part of my course for several years now (since 2004). During the discussion about what flexibility is and what this means for educational programs there really is a shift in the way people think about flexibility. 5 to 10 years ago people would talk about flexibility options that were mostly related to time and place (and predominantly about distance education). Today's discussion was more about flexibility in relation to choices with regard to content, entry requirements and teaching approaches. On the one hand all these flexibility options seem very attractive for both teachers and students, but when you think about putting all this in practice... a big challenge!
One other topic that we discussed today was the use of a weblog for doing the assignments. Not many students have experience in using a weblog and some of them think it is a bit scary that everyone can read what you are writing. Understandable, but my experience is that once they start posting messages they also start liking this way of communicating. Not only with me, but especially with their fellow students. And (very important for me as a teacher) I really think that students learn more deeply from posting on a weblog, because they are not only submitting assignments, but they are also reflecting on what they write and what they have learned!
woensdag 23 september 2009
Pedagogies for Flexible Learning supported by Technology
Vandaag is het vak "Pedagogies for Flexible Learning supported by Technology" weer begonnen. Het vak is onderdeel van onze masteropleiding "Curriculum, Instruction & Media Applications" aan de UT.
Studenten leren wat de mogelijkheden zijn van flexibiliteit in het onderwijs, welke onderwijskundige benaderingen er zijn (veel!) en hoe je deze benaderingen flexibel kunt aanbieden met behulp van ict-ondersteuning. Elke student houdt zijn of haar eigen weblog bij. Het lijstje met deze weblogs is in het rechtermenu terug te vinden voor de geinteresseerden!
Studenten leren wat de mogelijkheden zijn van flexibiliteit in het onderwijs, welke onderwijskundige benaderingen er zijn (veel!) en hoe je deze benaderingen flexibel kunt aanbieden met behulp van ict-ondersteuning. Elke student houdt zijn of haar eigen weblog bij. Het lijstje met deze weblogs is in het rechtermenu terug te vinden voor de geinteresseerden!
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