KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS:
DIGITAL NATIVES?
Tell us about yourself……
QUESTIONS TO ASK OF EACH OTHER
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NAME
DEPARTMENT
TEACHING BACKGROUND
GENERAL INTERESTS
WHY THEY ENROLLED IN THIS WORKSHOP
USE OF TECH IN THEIR TEACHING
ISSUE THEY WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS
PROBLEM OR SUCCESS STORY TO SHARE?
ONE OR TWO RELATED QUESTIONS OF YOUR
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OVERVIEW OF AREAS WE WILL COVER
TODAY:
• KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS AND DEVELOPING
LARGE SCALE E-LEARNING PROJECTS
TOMORROW:
• EXPLORING WEB 2.0 TOOLS AND EXPLORING
ONLINE FACILITATION STRATEGIES
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......LEARNER-CENTRED EDUCATION IS A
COLLECTIVE AND COLLABORATIVE
ENTERPRISE!
A Vision of Today’s Student
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Broad background questions would like to
explore in 2 days
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What are the general characteristics of today’s
learners?
How might we take these characteristics into
consideration when we teach & design online
learning spaces
What is Learner-Centred education and how might
learning technologies foster or support
this kind of learning?
What role does the instructor play within learnercentred environments
How is the role of the teacher/professor changing as
a result?
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......what are some of the other general
characteristics / tendencies that
contemporary students display – according
to Net Gen Theorists?
connected
immediate
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experiential
social
teamwork
structure
engagement and experience
visual and kenethtic
What impact might these
characteristics / tendencies
have on our teaching practices
and on our colleges
&universities in general?
Another way to askhow might we take these
characteristics into consideration
when we teach and design online
learning environments with our
students…..?
Get Ready for the Future
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Comments…?
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interactivity
KNOWING YOUR LEARNERS:
DIGITAL NATIVES?
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2017-07-31
Richard Pinet for University of Cyprus,
Centre for Teaching & Learning
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