ROTFL 12th century? .. ow well, that could put an interesting spin on things .. <br><br>King Richard is entering into some long overdue peace negotiations with Saladin whilst
Robin is doing his bit to encourage tree planting in Sherwood forest. The Mongols about to stomp over Asia toward the edge of Europe bringing a horse based telecommunications system we must engage with. My Cambodian students can consider their flourishing Khmer Empire and contribute technical variants on the construction of the Angkor Wat temple. Before the candle runs out, I'll finish carving another set of wooden clogs then pen some notes on my blog scroll and reflect on an idea of binding them together to create a 'book' .. <br>
<br>They reckon it will never catch on :-)<br><br>Regards Roland<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2008/12/23 Briant, Stephen L <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:briant.stephen.l@edumail.vic.gov.au">briant.stephen.l@edumail.vic.gov.au</a>></span><br>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Not
sure I wanna invite 'em back to the 12<sup>th</sup> C discussion!! </span></p>
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<p><span style="color: rgb(15, 36, 62);">Thanks
for the link though.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span style="font-size: 10pt;" lang="EN-US"> <a href="mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>
[mailto:<a href="mailto:elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">elearning-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Roland
Gesthuizen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, 23 December 2008 2:28 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> eLearning mailing list; Year 7 - 10 IT Mailing List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [elearning] No emotional connection = No learning</span></p>
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<p></p><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Here is an interesting angle on eLearning that I picked up
from this 2007 blog post<br>
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<span style="font-size: 7.5pt;"><<a href="http://web.me.com/timholt/Intended_Consequenses/Intended_Consequences_Blog/Entries/2007/6/15_Not_Invited_to_the_Buffet.html#comment_37A1291C_0113_1000_81B7_CEEB57893D05" target="_blank">http://web.me.com/timholt/Intended_Consequenses/Intended_Consequences_Blog/Entries/2007/6/15_Not_Invited_to_the_Buffet.html#comment_37A1291C_0113_1000_81B7_CEEB57893D05</a>></span><br>
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As we bore our students by teaching with 19th century techniques and refuse to
invite them to be part of the 12st century discussion about their learning,
they "emotionally move away from learning and we <b>disinvite</b> them
from process." No emotional connection = No learning.<br>
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With Moodle, I get my students to grade my questions and activities. I also
openly solicit their feedback in a discussion forum. I am passionate about my
year 9 Research Science course and share this with my students. I even recall a
decade ago running a series of staff and student focus groups to help me define
and describe the kind of 'next millennium' infrastructure we expected from our
computer network. Following an invitation, we forwarded this onto Paul
Dougherty, the then Education Department IT division head.<br>
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Do we currently engage students and staff in wider discussions about how
eLearning should be implemented and adapted? When I consider the current blind
push to deploy a commercial Ultranet solution, I am now not surprised that
there is no real emotional connection and ownership. Although it is interesting
to read reports of implementing pilot school reports, nothing beats asking
grass root users what they think to develop a sense of ownership in order to
build an emotional connection. This would have been easy to do but seems to
have been ignored.<br>
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Perhaps like some of our students, we have been <b>disinvited</b> from the
decision making process. <br>
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What do others think?<br>
<br>
Regards Roland<br>
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--<br>
Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br>
<a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br>
<br>
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can
change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret
Mead<br></div></div>
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</blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Roland Gesthuizen - ICT Coordinator - Westall Secondary College<br><a href="http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au">http://www.westallsc.vic.edu.au</a><br><br>"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed it is the only thing that ever has." --Margaret Mead<br>