How can learning design adapt social presence to the needs and expectations of learners in online distance education? In the book, Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle, she explores the relationship of our digital addiction to connect socially at the expense of face-to-face interactions. In her research, Turkle reports that […]
Category: Learning Theories
# 3 Adult Education: an education for Global Citizenship?
Global Society… Why is this all important? Well, we are shifting to a global world view. Technology has increased our “Connectivity” to a point of simultaneous existence, quantum computing. The concept of the United States being a “Melting pot” is now one of a “Melting World”. This “Melting World Pot”, requires the domain of Adult […]
Criticism, a learner’s greatest tool… and why distance education makes this achievable
I recently read Brookfield’s, “A Political Analysis of Discussion Groups: Can the Circle Be Unbroken?”. Brookfield has worked diligently on the topic of critical analysis as a tool for learning. (Brookfield, 2000, 1001)I found this an interesting take on how people feel about themselves through the examples he provided as vignettes. Brookfield’s vignettes provide this pattern […]
Pedagogy vs Andragogy: The Validity of Terms
So, when you hear the term pedagogy what comes to mind? Is it a teacher lecturing, is it the use of an overhead projector or PowerPoint, or is it something relegated to the online world? Further, is it even a term that still has relevance today? Pedagogy by definition is a very instructor centered term […]