1. Creating WOW learning
experiences
Carina van Rooyen
Presentation to the Department of Industrial Psychology and People
Management, UJ at the Teaching and Learning Indaba on 18 April 2013
You realise it’s just the
same 26 letters being re-
arranged, don’t you?
Source:ofphoto:http://weknowawesome.com/page/197/
7. Principles for effective
teaching
•Teamwork
•Personalise the course – have contact with students,
and them amongst one another
•Create a learning community
•Ensure active engagement: from attention to
comprehension to integration
•Scaffolded, integrated teaching – authentic learning
•Communicate high expectations
•Give prompt feedback
•Respect diverse talents and backgrounds
•Reflect on and research your own teaching
8. From passive learning to active
learning
Source:http://mathsimulationtechnology.wordpress.com/2012/02/16/active-learning-passive-
teaching/
25. able to create something new
Effective communicators & creators are…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/beija-flor/867886652/
Source:Tolisano
26. able to communicate across
culture, time & distance
Effective communicators & creators are…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/practicalowl/1331640797/
Source:Tolisano
50. Learning can & does take place
beyond walls of classrooms
Source: http://9gag.com/gag/4894845
51. •Tweet as ideal student
•Post links
•Students follow at least two experts
•Discussions related to content: discussion beyond classroom
•Summarise paragraph
•Building a learning community: last year’s students tweeting to
this year’s first years
•Responded to questions: enhances feelings of care and
connectivity
75. Further acknowledgements
•Tolisano SR 2009 Shifting to 21st
century learning.
Available at http://www.slideshare.net/langwitches/shifting-
to-21st-century-learning
•Wheeler S 2010 Lifelong learning in a digital era.
Presentation at the Joint Teaching and Learning Conference
on 24 June. Available online at
http://www.slideshare.net/timbuckteeth/lifelong-learning-in-
a-digital-age
•Wheeler S 2011 Learning and teaching in the digital age.
Presentation to the 8th
International Teacher Training
Seminar in Barcelona, Spain on 6 October
76.
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Notas del editor
Have you had some wow learning experiences yourself? Share these, and why wow for you. Play telephone game.
Aim is that your whole course must be to ‘wow’; ‘unflat’ course should be the usual In teaching, wowing is not a single event, but a process; everything in course – from pre-course contact, to learning guide, to class meetings and tutorials/practicals, to email contact, to face-to-face one-on-one meetings, assessment practices, tutor engagement – is consciously put together to ‘wow’ Is about opening the student eyes/head; get the penny to drop
Can’t assume that because you teach, students will
‘ Wow’ through both content and the way content is delivered by you - Passion and expertise of lecturer (model to your students) Start strong / with quality – get attention (party tricks such as toilet paper, foot spa, flying planes, flash mob) Have element of surprise (destablise) Ensure relaxed atmosphere within structure: permission to try and make mistakes, but have to learn from mistakes Respectful engagement with students; being accessible
Using tech is a TOOL that can be used for wow learning. Tech can be anything.
Lifelong learners Can learn how to learn Independent learners Metacognitive Intrinsically motivated Focus on self improvement
Evaluate information for authenticity, relevance and bias. Evaluate tools for applicability and effectiveness. Intuitively filter and focus.
Able to create something new and communicate those ideas with a wide audience in an appropriate way Using multiple media to send a message
Time, space, location are not boundaries
Videos: Academic Earth (online courses from world’s top scholars)
Prominent idea in this field is benchmarking = “the process of comparing one’s business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and/or best practices from other industries”. If know how compare, what next? Best practice do become obsolete as context change Best practice = Prescribed practice Best practice good for novices, to get up to speed with status quo
Rather that focus on the past (benchmarking), focus on the future: “While best practice is a snapshot of what we know has worked well in the past, next practice is an attempt to take that prior experience and improve upon it rather than merely replicate it” Not about reaching a goal, but the journey Focus on process Not looking for quick-fix, magic bullets What are the opportunities ahead
Best practice is necessary Learn from what worked in past over time Ensure quality through benchmarking But best practice not sufficient Next practice helps one think of what drives learning process
Repetition also part of this Face-to-face interaction for reinforcing concepts, not communicating content ~ Neil Butcher at Wits Big class teaching
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Twitterfall.com
Tweetstats
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Sequenced assignment tasks Resources on Edulink Tutorials focused on skills development with help of the Writing Centre
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Youtube
“ Don’t ask what the technology can do for you, rather what the pedagogy needs.” ~ Gilly Salmom, Uni of Leicester