Teaching in a Makerspace

2020 ◽  
pp. 26-51
Author(s):  
Catherine Otieno
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Knowledge Base ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Learning Goals ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Learner Centered ◽  
Depth Study

This chapter provides an in-depth study of the teaching practices of instructors who primarily guide and facilitate learning in a makespace. With a close look at the pedagogical practices that govern teaching and learning in the maker classroom, this study presents instructors who modeled these frameworks. In addition to their own knowledge base and expertise, they were able to efficiently and effectively integrate multi-resources in a unique learning environment while helping learners succeed and adopt the maker mindset. Makerspaces are changing how we perceive learning and teaching. Instructors highlighted in this chapter put forth activities and learning goals that were learner centered and interesting to various learning needs. They designed and created a learning environment that safeguarded learners and allowed them to experiment with ideas and materials, creating different iterations of learning and redefining what success and failure means.

Empowering Students in Computer-Supported Education

2012 ◽  
pp. 198-207 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yongming Shi ◽  
Si Fan ◽  
Yun Yue
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Theories ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Individualized Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Learner Centred Learning ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Supported Education

In the past two decades, computers and web-based technologies have created a computer-based focus in the field of education. The computer-supported teaching and learning has revolutionised the concept of education around the world, which creates both opportunities and challenges in the field of education. It is believed that computer-based technologies have developed to augment the traditional learning and teaching at all educational levels. Computer-supported education empowers learners by promoting the notions of learner-centred learning approach, encouraging interactions among students or between students and lecturer, and addressing the individualized learning needs. This chapter explains some important concepts in computer-supported education, and presents the learning theories that underpin this area. Furthermore, it discusses the benefits of web-based technologies for students at various levels and issues that require further research.

Summarizing Teaching Approaches in the Traditional Classroom and in the Virtual Environment

2012 ◽  
pp. 219-235
Author(s):  
Victor X. Wang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Instructional Methods ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Teaching Approaches ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning Environment

Teachers in today’s information society are required to rethink their teaching approaches to accommodate the learning needs of children and adults, either in the traditional classroom settings or the virtual environment. Logically speaking, children require instructors to teach them by using the pedagogical methods. Likewise, adults require teachers to help them learn by using andragogical approaches such as facilitation methods. When it comes to teaching children or helping adults learn in the online teaching and learning environment, it is the epistemological positions of the teachers that predetermine their instructional methods. In this chapter, the author compared and contrasted those pedagogical teaching methods with those andragogical approaches.

The Intersection of Theory, Tools and Tasks in a Postgraduate Learning Environment

2009 ◽  
pp. 319-333
Author(s):  
Michal Zellermayer ◽  
Nili Mor ◽  
Ida Heilweil
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Virtual Communities ◽  
Cultural Theory ◽  
Veteran Teachers ◽  
School Cultures ◽  
Theoretical Concepts ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Ict Tools

This chapter describes the learning environment that the authors created for veteran teachers, graduate students in Teaching and Learning who are interested in developing professionally as designers and moderators of Information Communication Technology (ICT) learning environments. It is based on the assumption that learners construct knowledge and understanding when they are an integral part of the learning environment, when they are members of local and global communities where learning is conceived as acquiring the necessary skills for participation through participation. The program is structured as three concentric circles in terms of ICT use. In the first, the teachers learn about constructivism and socio-cultural theory while they collaboratively investigate their own school cultures with the support of ICT tools. In the second, they expand their acquaintance with ICT tools and learning environments and further develop their skills for learning and teaching in such environments. In the third, they design and moderate E-Learning environments, document them and reflect on the process. This chapter describes the activities and tasks in each of these circles with illustrations of how the students respond to these tasks both as learners who interpret and evaluate information and theoretical concepts and as teachers of relevant virtual communities who reflect on their practice.

Cloud Computing Enabled Virtual Learning Environment

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 52-65
Author(s):  
Rabindra Ku Jena
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Cost Effective ◽  
Virtual Learning ◽  
Virtual Learning Environment ◽  
Technological Advancement ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning

Recent advances in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) provide an opportunity to build a self growing and sharing virtual environment for teaching and learning. Cloud computing is one of the latest technological advancement in ICT domain. Cloud computing technologies have changed the way applications are developed and accessed. A Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a system for delivering learning materials to students via the web. Cloud computing is provides one of the most emerging cost effective solution for virtual learning and teaching environment. This paper discusses how cloud computing has been contributing to virtual learning environment and an overview of the current state of the structure of Cloud Computing based e-learning is discussed. The readers will also find a brief overview of cloud computing and the different efficient cloud based virtual learning models. Towards the end different offers from different cloud vendors are discussed.

scholarly journals The Application of Eportfolio in Higher Education: implications for Student Learning

2014 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99
Author(s):  
Andrea Ximena Castaño Sánchez
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Important Challenge ◽  
Effective Use ◽  
The University ◽  
Assessment Strategies

Nowadays universities are introducing educational changes in their teaching practices and their assessment strategies. These changes are involving many areas in the university. One of the places where most of the changes are initiated is from the classroom settings. To support them, eportfolios in general are being used as a form to align the principles stated from the Bolonia Process towards a teaching more centred on the student supporting other aspects like mobility and recognition. Therefore, developing effective use of technology applied to education for teaching and learning has become an important challenge. In this regard, the main goal of this thesis was to identify learning environment characteristics when applying eportfolios for teaching and learning and students’ characteristics that could influence a meaningful learning.

scholarly journals Impelementasi Media Daring Dalam Mendukung Pembelajaran di Masa Pendemi

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (03) ◽  
pp. 110-115
Author(s):  
Ubaidillah Kamal Faseh ◽  
Septi Gumiandari
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Online Teaching ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Online Teaching And Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Minimum Data ◽  
Library Research ◽  
E Learning

The Covid-19 pandemic has caused many activities to stop, including activities teaching and learning conventionally. Until a solver or deep solution is needed respond to these problems. Teaching and learning activities carried out online is a way to overcome that problem. Destination The research was to determine the use of online learning e-learning media for students at a university in Indramayu. The research instrument carried out on the collection of information and data is by means of questionnaires and library research. As a result of this research shows that online learning has been implemented well, and takes advantage of various learning media such as WhatsApp, Google Classroom, Zoom and Google Meet so learning becomes more varied and makes students not bored quickly and understand faster material delivered. There are several obstacles faced in implementation of online teaching and learning activities, namely the internet network that is not stable, lacking maximum availability of physical references and minimum data quota Internet. Online learning needs to be used as best as possible in activities learning and teaching because it is an innovation in learning so that students and lecturers can conduct lectures efficiently and effectively.

scholarly journals Towards an integral pedagogy in the age of ‘digital Gestell’: Moving between embodied co-presence and telepresence in learning and teaching practices

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050762110538
Author(s):  
Jeremy Aroles ◽  
Wendelin Küpers
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Learning Activities ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning And Teaching

Digitalisation offers a wide array of opportunities, but also challenges, for universities and business schools alike, regarding the provision and delivery of their teaching and learning activities. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted some of these challenges, as it forced educational institutions to move their pedagogic activities online in line with new governmental regulations. In this article, we identify and discuss critically the following three interconnected challenges: (1) shifting from direct embodied co-presence to technologically mediated telepresence, (2) re-embodying teaching and learning activities and (3) rethinking the purpose and relevance of teachings in business schools. We explore these challenges through a phenomenological lens, informed by the Heideggerian concepts of enframing ( Gestell) and releasement ( Gelassenheit), with a focus on (re-)embodiment. Finally, we discuss the need, for teachers and learners, to be able to reflectively move between embodied and digital(ised) forms of learning and teaching and outline some implications and perspectives regarding the development of an integral pedagogy.

scholarly journals REVERBERAÇÕES DE APRENDIZAGENS SOBRE MEDIDAS NA PRÁTICA DE PROFESSORES QUE ENSINAM MATEMÁTICA

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (esp.) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Alessandra Rodrigues De Almeida ◽  
Maria Auxiliadora Bueno Andrade Megid
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Practices ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Basic Education ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Study Group ◽  
Collaborative Groups ◽  
Video Recordings ◽  
Collaborative Studies ◽  
Early Elementary School

 Este artigo apresenta uma investigação a respeito de práticas pedagógicas desenvolvidas, por professores da Educação Infantil e dos Anos Iniciais do Ensino Fundamental em formação continuada, num grupo de estudos com características colaborativas que discute o ensino e a aprendizagem da Matemática. Com o objetivo de discutir as reverberações das aprendizagens dos estudos em colaboração nas práticas docentes a respeito do tema Grandezas e Medidas, o texto foca, especificamente, as práticas de dois dos participantes em relação à medida das grandezas comprimento e tempo. Os dados foram produzidos a partir de videogravações de encontros do grupo e de narrativas escritas pelos professores. A pesquisa se desenvolveu numa perspectiva qualitativa, valorizando a descrição dos encontros, da participação dos professores e das interações ocorridas no contexto do grupo e das instituições educacionais onde os professores atuam. O enquadramento metodológico e os procedimentos de análise adotados estão de acordo com a pesquisa narrativa, como um modo de compreender a experiência vivenciada no grupo e com ele. A participação no grupo de estudos possibilitou aos docentes aprendizagens conceituais sobre as Grandezas e Medidas, e sobre seu ensino e aprendizagem nos anos iniciais da educação básica. Tais aprendizagens reverberaram nas práticas dos participantes, tornando-as mais exploratórias e problematizadoras, por meio da inserção do tema e/ou de alterações graduais nas maneiras de abordá-lo com crianças.Palavras-chave: Educação matemática. Grandezas e medidas. Práticas docentes. Grupos colaborativos.REPERCUSSIONS OF LEARNING ABOUT MEASURES INTO THE PRACTICE OF TEACHERS WHO TEACH MATHEMATICS Abstract: This article presents an investigation regarding pedagogical practices developed, by kindergarten and early Elementary School teachers in continuous education, in a study group with collaborative characteristics that discusses teaching and learning Mathematics. Aiming to discuss the repercussions of the learning from collaborative studies in teaching practices regarding the subject of Measurements and Quantities, the text focuses, specifically, on the practices of two of the participants in relation to the measurement of the quantities time and length. The data was produced from video recordings of the group meetings and narratives written by the teachers of the group. The research was developed in a qualitative perspective, valuing the description of the meetings, participation of the teachers and interactions that occurred in the context of the group and educational institutions where the teachers work. The methodological framework and adopted analysis procedures are in accordance with narrative research as a way of understanding the experience lived in and with the group. The participation in the study group allowed teachers’ conceptual learning about Measurements and Quantities, as well as about their teaching and learning in the early years of basic education. Such learning reverberated into the practices of the participants, making them more exploratory and problematizing, through the insertion of the theme and / or gradual changes in the ways of approaching it with children.Keywords: Mathematics education; Measurements and quantities; Teaching practices; Collaborative groups. REPERCUSIONES DE APRENDIZAJE ACERCA DE LAS MEDIDAS EN LA PRÁCTICA DE LOS PROFESORES QUE ENSEÑAN MATEMÁTICASResumen: Este artículo presenta una investigación acerca de las prácticas pedagógicas desarrolladas por maestros de educación infantil y escuela primaria en educación continua en el estudio del grupo de investigación con características colaborativas que debaten la enseñanza y aprendizaje de las matemáticas. El texto se centra específicamente en las prácticas desarrolladas por dos de los participantes en relación con la medida de longitud y tiempo. El objetivo es discutir las repercusiones del aprendizaje de los estudios de colaboración en la enseñanza de las prácticas en relación con el tema de las medidas y cantidades. Los datos se produjeron de videos grabados de las reuniones y narraciones escritas por los profesores del grupo. La investigación se desarrolló en la perspectiva cualitativa, valorando la descripción de las reuniones, la participación de los docentes y las interacciones que pasaran en el contexto del grupo y de las instituciones educativas donde trabajan los maestros. Los procedimientos de análisis y metodología adoptados están de acuerdo con la investigación narrativa como una forma de entender que la experiencia vivida en el grupo y con él . El análisis del proceso de formación indica que la participación en el grupo de estudio ha permitido a los docentes el conceptual aprendizaje sobre las medidas y cantidades, así como sobre su enseñanza y el aprendizaje en los primeros años de educación básica. Este aprendizaje ha repercutido en las prácticas de los participantes, haciéndolas más exploratorias y problematizadas, a través de la inserción de los cambios de tema y/o alteraciones graduales de las formas de lo abordar con niños.Palabras clave: Educación matemática; Medidas y cantidades; Prácticas de enseñanza; Grupos

The Misunderstanding of Music-Technology-Education: A Meta Perspective

2012 ◽  
pp. 432-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Himonides
Keyword(s):  
Informal Learning ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Music Technology ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Active Engagement ◽  
Prior Learning ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Recent Position ◽  
Primary Focus

This article explores the concept of “technology” within the wider contexts of music and education. It draws upon a recent position paper by Himonides and Purves (2010), which argues that technology should not be viewed as a solution for the music educator to apply in the classroom. “Music technology” should be treated like any other tool that supports learning and teaching; helps us engage with valued forms of knowledge; celebrates and recognizes the importance of prior learning and experience; requires the teacher to scaffold learning; needs assessment to be congruent with learning; promotes the active engagement of the learner; fosters both individual and social processes and outcomes; recognizes the significance of informal learning; depends on teacher learning; and, finally, demands consistent policy frameworks with support for teaching and learning as the primary focus.

scholarly journals Teacher-Students Relationship and its Potential Impact on Mathematics Learning

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-53
Author(s):  
Niroj Dahal ◽  
Bal Chandra Luitel ◽  
Binod Prasad Pant
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experiences ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Teacher Educators ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
School Level ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Teacher Students

This article portrays lived experiences, and is an exploration of pedagogical practices as learners, as teachers, as teacher educators and educational researcher focusing on the relationship between teachers and students shifting from traditional to transformative approach in teaching and learning. Based on lived experiences as students of mathematics from school level to university, and as teachers of mathematics in different institutions in different time, the aim of this article is to examine and explore deep settled behavioural practices and seek to change towards transformative/constructive approach of learning and teaching in terms of teacher-student relationship to maintain quality of instruction for future generation in Nepal. Subscribing interpretive, critical, and postmodern research paradigms to embrace multi-paradigmatic research design (Taylor, Taylor & Luitel, 2012), we used auto-ethnography as a fusion research methodology in this study. Further, the auto-ethnographic inquiry also helped us to examine the pedagogical, cultural and contextual learning from different perspectives as students, teachers, teacher educators and educational researchers thereby offering space for interpretation, transformation and envisionary. We landed with the ideas that students’ active participation in learning, social and cultural enactment and transformative pedagogy promote our practice to be more meaningful, and learner centered which, in turn, develops a cordial relationship. Our vision to develop the cordial relationship between teacher-students is focused a bit differently in this article.

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