KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS: DIGITAL NATIVES?

Tell us about yourself……

QUESTIONS TO ASK OF EACH OTHER NAME DEPARTMENT TEACHING BACKGROUND GENERAL INTERESTS WHY THEY ENROLLED IN THIS WORKSHOP USE OF TECH IN THEIR TEACHING ISSUE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS PROBLEM OR SUCCESS STORY TO SHARE? ONE OR TWO RELATED QUESTIONS OF YOUR OWN 3

OVERVIEW OF AREAS WE WILL COVER TODAY: KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS AND DEVELOPING LARGE SCALE E-LEARNING PROJECTS TOMORROW: EXPLORING WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND EXPLORING ONLINE FACILITATION STRATEGIES 4

......LEARNER-CENTRED EDUCATION IS A COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE ENTERPRISE!

A Vision of Today’s Student 6

Broad background questions would like to explore in 2 days What are the general characteristics of today’s learners? How might we take these characteristics into consideration when we teach & design online learning spaces What is Learner-Centred education and how might learning technologies foster or support this kind of learning? What role does the instructor play within learner- centred environments How is the role of the teacher/professor changing as a result? 7

......what are some of the other general characteristics / tendencies that contemporary students display – according to Net Gen Theorists?

connected

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experiential

social

teamwork

structure

engagement and experience

visual and kenethtic

What impact might these characteristics / tendencies have on our teaching practices and on our colleges &universities in general?

Another way to ask- how might we take these characteristics into consideration when we teach and design online learning environments with our students…..?

Get Ready for the Future Get Ready for the FutureGet Ready for the FutureGet Ready for the Future

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interactivity

KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS: DIGITAL NATIVES?

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06/12/2015 Richard Pinet for University of Cyprus, Centre for Teaching & Learning 26