Who needs teachers?
Interesting question (among many) that we posed following a recent
staff read of Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card. So interesting, in fact,
that we scheduled a FridayLive! to talk more about it!
Join us this Friday Jan 27 for a special book discussion about Card’s great story. We’ll consider the educational implications of Ender’s world, the role of games and simulations in a teaching/learning environment, as well as our own personal reactions to Card’s dystopian vision.
Join us this Friday Jan 27 for a special book discussion about Card’s great story. We’ll consider the educational implications of Ender’s world, the role of games and simulations in a teaching/learning environment, as well as our own personal reactions to Card’s dystopian vision.
We also want to draw your attention to a fantastic workshop coming up in February: Is Meta Really Betta? Using Metacognition and Reflection Online. Highly interactive, rich in content, presented by skilled, experienced educators - it's a valuable offering that we are most pleased to bring to you. Read below for more information and to register.
Ender's Game & Ender's Test of Artificial Instruction
Does a course need a teacher?
A new kind of test for a new kind of plagiarism?
A special two-part FridayLive!
Does a course need a teacher?
A new kind of test for a new kind of plagiarism?
A special two-part FridayLive!
Friday Jan. 27, 2:00pm EDT.....and.....Friday Feb. 10, 3:15pm EDT.......Free to all
On Jan. 27, Steve and company will lead a book discussion of Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card.
On Feb 10, we'll ponder the challenge of developing a test for determining whether an undergraduate course is being "taught" by a human or not. What activities or features would convince a student who is taking a course that there is a human teacher in a meaningful role, even though the student cannot see/touch/smell the teacher? I.e., what are the characteristics of a “teacherless” course essential to convince the students who take it that they have a teacher? Who cares? Why does/doesn’t this matter? For whom?
The context is the growing pressure on faculty and other academic
professionals to adapt, recreate, etc. courses that have been entirely or
mostly based on face-to-face interaction and "traditional"
teaching/learning resources into "courses" that include more online
activities or elements or resources.
Registration for Jan. 27 "Ender's Game Book Discussion"
What's ahead on FridayLive!... ...Reinventing Colleges...and more...FridayLive! full event calendar
Sign up for the new FridayLive! season today through FASTPASS
Winter/Spring 2012 season FASTPASS is now available for registration for TLT Group Individual Members. Benefit of FASTPASS -- automatic registration for all FridayLive! sessions and login reminders emailed automatically to you on the Thursday before a FridayLive!
Is
Meta Really Betta? Using Metacognition and Reflection Online
February 14, 21, and 28, 2012
2:00 - 3:00pm EDT
Three presenters skilled in developing strategies for improving the success of students and teachers in courses will present a highly interactive three-session workshop on using reflection in teaching, helping participants learn how to teach the way we want to teach.
Leaders: Lucy MacDonald, Florida State College Jacksonville, Saundra McGuire, Louisiana State University, John Zubizarreta, Columbia College
REGISTER
This workshop is free to TLT Group Individual Members. Check your institution's status here if you have your membership through an institutional subscription.
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