Pedagogical Aspects
What is a lesson?
Deconstructing the lesson
Knowledge: What are the facts and concepts to be learned?
Skills: What are the skills to be acquired?
Values: What ethical principles should be learned? What should be respected and valued?
Deconstructing the classroom
Why are we together in this space?
What is the best use of our time together?
If I could record my lecture, and you could play it, why are we here?
How can we build a common space, and what would we do in that space?
Reconstructing the lesson
A lesson could consist of:
An introduction to the topic, placing it in context of the course
Objectives
Knowledge - the facts and concepts to be learned, in essay format
Resources - support the knowledge
Activities - apply the knowledge, skills, values
For example: create the outline of a presentation on copyright to a specfic group; find a digital library in a subject of your interest and report to the class how it fits or does not fit the ARL definition of a digital library;
Quizzes - test the knowledge, skills, values
Reconstructing the community - see Social Aspects
Applying the technologies
Audio for connection and repetition
E-mail for individualized attention
Chat for connection and individual attention and building community
Telephone for individualized attention
Discussion boards for community work
Quizzes for knowledge mastery
Activities for understanding and display of knowledge, skills and values
Hybrids for many purposes
