Thursday, June 17, 2004

How technology supports active learning

Something I'm thinking about this week ...

How technology supports active learning
- CMD
- Writing
- Simulated real life
- Subject-specific tools (CAD, etc.)
- Creating multimedia (chitwood, gale, others)
- Research and inquiry (internet)
- Problem-solving tools (robotics toy, finale,
- Reflection (pedagogy lab)

Chickering and Ehrmann got me thinking along this line, but they only offered three choices: asynch, liveChat, learning by doing. (That last one’s too broad – isn’t “doing” what we mean by active learning?)

Any other ideas??