Teaching Learners to Take Charge of Their Education: Small Pieces, Loosely Joined
Teaching Learners to Take Charge of Their Education: Small Pieces, Loosely Joined
Monday, January 22 | 9:00PM–9:00PM
Session Type:
Resources
This presentation explores the design of a first-year seminar that used Web 2.0 tools to create a learning culture where students are self-motivated and engaged. Blogs, wikis, RSS aggregators, and photo and bookmark sharing applications were joined to create a toolkit students used for this course and beyond.
Presenters
Martha Burtis
Learning and Teaching Developer, Plymouth State University
Steve Greenlaw
Professor of Economics, University of Mary Washington
Jerry Slezak
Director, Digital Learning Support, University of Mary Washington