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Learning about learning


This page provides an overview of the proposed course contents. Each topic will also be associated with a task.

Session One Building online learning communities
Discussion: What are some of the characteristics of successful (offline) communities and how can we bring these to the online learning environment?
Session Two Learning through collaboration
Discussion: What helps us to collaborate effectively?
Session Three Collaborating about our learning
Discussion: What content is most helpful for the remaining course? The following content is proposed. The participants may prioritise this list or propose a course tailored to group needs.
Session Four Learning then
Discussion: What is the legacy of behaviourism and humanism in our current practise?
Session Five Learning now
Discussion: What do cognitive and constructivist theories offer us in practical terms?
Session Six Learning through doing
Discussion: How can; situated cognition, cognitive apprenticeships, learning by designing, moos, muses and goal based scenarios, inform our practice.
Session Seven Learning styles
Discussion: Which learning styles theories might best inform our practice: eg Kolb's; learning reflecting, experimenting, theorizing, and doing or Gardiner's theory of multiple intelligences, or?

Session Eight

Learning about our learning
A time for review, evaluation and closure.