Blog#3: Using Blogs to Engage Self Directed Learning

Author: Vicki Robinson/National Technical Institute for the Deaf at Rochester Institute of Technology & Beth Dailey/Nicolet Area Tecnical College

Topic Summaries from both: Beth Dailey said... I would love to participate in the blogs being suggested. I'm especially interested in how to incorporate blogs in an online course. We have been exploring the concept of self-dircted learning: how to assist students in the development self-directed learning skills. I would be happy to host a blog on that subject

Vicki Robinson said...A major frustration for a lot of college instructors is that many of our students are not at a point where they see themselves as constructors of knowledge. They see themselves as receivers of the instructor's knowledge, which leads to a certain passivity in their approach to their studies. A wiki seems to me to be the perfect vehicle to make the true nature of learning concrete; at the end of the quarter/semester, the class ends up with a coherent record of their communal experience, constructed by the class with expert guidance from the teacher.This is a nice vision. But how does one get there from here?