impact on education. Video cameras, tape recorders, and over-head projectors were some resources implemented in the past. Nowadays, the internet, interactive boards, smartphones, social networks, videos, and apps are some of the latest resources available for teachers and students in and outside the classroom. As a consequence, the need to develop skills to manipulate such devices and to know how to integrate them in a suitable form has emerged. This literature review explores research articles in order to identify digital literacy practices in college.
[…] An assessment activity can help learning if it provides information to be used as feedback, by teachers, and by their students in assessing themselves and each other, to modify the teaching and learning activities in which they are engaged. Such assessment becomes “formative assessment” when the evidence is actually used to adapt the teaching work to meet learning needs. (p. 8) In this
Reflective practice is important to the development of lecturers as professionals as it enables us to learn from our experiences of teaching and make easier student learning. Developing reflective practise means developing ways of reviewing our own teaching so that it becomes a routine and a process by which we might continuously develop. Kolb’s Learning Style Model. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_styles Kolb developed a theory of experiential learning that can give us a useful model by which to develop our practise. This
It means that students can take responsibility for some of their own progression. Students can ask themselves what am I learning and how can I do it better. Giving students constructive feedback will allow them to recognise how they can progress and achieve the next step in their learning. Having confidence that all students can improve. Both the teacher and student are involved in the reviewing process and can reflect on the assessment information.
In this sense, academic success and performance will benefit and promote the students, the teachers/educators, and also the educational system. Learning is defined as the acquisition of knowledge through practice and experiences. Just as students differ, so does the way they learn. Some students learn by action or doing, some learn by observing, some learn by studying, while some learn by practice. Honey and Mumford identified these as ‘activists’, ‘reflectors’, ‘theorists’ and ‘pragmatists’.
His main preference was for a kinaesthetic approach whilst also utilising aspects of verbal and auditory styles. This I felt was appropriate for the placement and I saw my role as mentor as being the facilitator of stimulating learning experiences. To effectively do this I was required to develop my understanding of the wide variety of teaching skills and learning theories to enable Sidney to gain the best form his time with me. There are many papers and books about the way people learn and how they are taught. Reece and Walker (2003) describe five main schools of thought regarding learning, Behaviourism, Neo Behaviourism, Cognitive, Humanistic and Gestalt Theory.
Social Cognitive * Affective learning processes Self regulated learning tends to be influenced by an individual’s emotions, behaviors, and their cognitive processing (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997). This is a process that will orient the individual in achieving their goals by self generating (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997). Schunk and Zimmerman (1997) stated that the self regulated learning process can also be considered as an academic self regulation process which has been studied over the years throughout different classrooms. The students taking the course learn how to use motivation, cognition, and behavior to improve their learning skills. These students who use motivational beliefs also utilize more self regulation learning skills (Schunk & Zimmerman, 1997).
In this research I investigate my experience of teaching software engineering subject in large groups and assess the outcomes of this experience with the objective of implementing a reflective approach to improve learning and teaching of software engineering in large groups. First, I introduce the research method used supported by a suggested reflective spiral process. Then, I present observations on the outcomes obtained from examination, group-project coursework followed by discussions on the informal evaluation of feedback from students and tutors, management of group-projects, and an agenda for a reflective lecturer/tutor. Finally, a conclusion is presented to summarize the main outcomes of this research. 2.
Running Head: RUNNING STYLES TESTS How Learning Styles are used in Higher Education Name: University: Course: Tutor: Date: Learning styles incorporate various methods used the dissemination of knowledge and skills mostly in an education setting. Supporters of learning styles have suggested that learners require an interactive approach to learning, one that suits their style of learning. Therefore, teachers should adopt teaching practices that are in line with the needs of the student within the social, cultural and emotional precincts of the learners. It is therefore important to make learning as individual as possible (Kolbs, 1984). With regard to this, several theories have come up since the 1970s explaining different approaches to learning.
It is believed that this approach excels because it was preceded into the area of student performance, based on relations with interactions from online learning environments, focusing in particular on the MOOCs platform. As long as MOOC platforms provide several activities, this prototype is uniqueness in handling data flow, and proposes for adequate interventions. Moreover, privacy and ethical issues were considered for a final version