Impact of Collaborative Engagement on Teaching and Learning

Authentic Learning Through Multiple Perspectives and Collaboration

4 of the 9 elements highlighted by Herrington et al 2010, which came to the fore during the class activity, where all students had to present a proposal were (1) Articulation: through presentation of argument and thoughts, (2)  Multiple Perspectives: considering the fact we are all from different backgrounds our contexts differ and this inevitably influenced our conceptualisation of the task given, (3) Reflection: while each student reflected on their work before it was presented, they had to reflect again afterwards after listening to others, (4) Collaboration: listening to other people's presentations and discussing afterwards provided joint problem solving and social support. See details of these elements in a previous post (Authentic learning).

The four elements as described by Jan Herrington are shown in the video gallery below
In this blog post, I will be reflecting on three (3) students' presentations, whose views influenced my work.

Presentation 1

Title: The use of Microsoft Teams to enhance communication and collaboration amongst high school teachers
Presenter: Carl Lamprecht
Reflection: I was able to draw a similarity between his proposed work and mine. The proposed tools have similar functions as intended in my work and the educational goal are similar (enhancement of collaboration). Carl highlighted the importance of remote learning and stated that "teachers would benefit greatly from an online platform for collaboration".
Details of Carl's' work can be found in his Blog post (Lamprecht, 2020).

Presentation 2

Title: Towards creative learning and interaction using advanced educational technologies in authentic contexts
Presenter: Nathan Joseph
Reflection: I was interested in Nathan's work to get multiple perspectives. He is working in the basic  educational environment while I work in a higher institution of education. Nathan indicated the following when analysing his activity system "I am interested in writing a journal article on creative learning and interaction using advanced educational technologies in authentic contexts". I believe this is a sub-task that requires another activity system within his main goal, which should be related to his title that focuses on parents and learners as main subjects.
Details of Nathan's work can be found in his Blog post (Joseph, 2020).

Presentation 3

Title: Leveraging blogs to build an e-portfolio of real life problems and solutions in STEM for STEM undergraduate students.
Presenter: Pamela Chukwuemeka
Reflection: I was intrigued by the vastness of Pam's work. She proposes to target multiple Universities. This implies that there will be multiple activity systems in her context, working towards a shared goal. The analysis of her work using AODM however simplifies the task. She concluded by saying her "research findings will redefine approach to certain standards like the statutory “Industrial Training (IT) practices” and ways of assessment of these standards.
Details of Pam's work can be found in her Blog post (Chukwuemeka, 2020).

References

Chukwuemeka, P (2020). "Leveraging blogs to build an e-portfolio of real life problems and solutions in STEM for STEM undergraduate students". Retrieved May 08, 2020, fromhttps://learningtechwithpc.blogspot.com/.

Herrington, J., Reeves, T.C and  Oliver, R. (2010). How real does authentic e-learning need to be? In A guide to authentic e-learning. Routledge London and New York.

Joseph, N (2020). "Towards creative learning and interaction using advanced educational technologies in authentic contexts". Retrieved May 08, 2020, https://nathanedn4503.blogspot.com/.

Lamprecht, C (2020). "The use of Microsoft Teams to enhance communication and collaboration amongst high school teachers". Retrieved May 08, 2020, https://edtechjourneycl.blogspot.com/.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

AODM (Activity-Oriented Design Method)

Image
This post unpacks the AODM (Activity-Oriented Design Method) which forms the basis of the methodology adopted for the research proposal ( Oyekola, 2020 ) and class activity ( Teaching and Learning during COVID-19 ) described in other posts. AODM as a framework and model for characterising learner experiences with technology   “Learner interactions with mobile and ubiquitous technology can be personally meaningful to the individual, and contextually sensitive to the social and cultural practices of the settings in which technology is used. Therefore, the design of future learning systems depends on a thorough understanding of the complexity of learner practices and interactions with technology” (Mwanza-Simwami, 2011, 76). Emerging technologies (ET) provide great opportunities that enhance the learners experience. They are rapidly changing how learners engage with one another and educational resources. On the flip side, the continuous changes in learner requireme...
Read more

Sociocultural Theory, Activity Theory and Activity Systems

Image
Introduction According to Vygotsky, the zone of proximal development is "[The] distance between the actual developmental level as determined by independent problem solving and the level of potential development as determined through problem-solving under adult guidance or in collaboration with more capable peers."—Lev Vygotsky, Mind in Society, 1978. Sociocultural theory suggests that learning is a social process. This theory emanates from the works of Lev Vygotsky. Sociocultural theory emphasises not only how scaffolding and coaching influence individual learning, but also on how cultural beliefs and attitudes play important roles. Tools have significant impact on actions. Tools mediate interactions and collaborative creation of knowledge. Thus, tools are saturated with cultural meaning and become important mediators that partly direct resulting human actions (Engeström, 1999). Activity systems theory provides a framework through which interactions, context, objective of...
Read more

Application of AODM in Addressing Education with Emerging Technologies during the Emerging COVID-19

Image
Creating Learning Apps Repository: Application of Activity-Oriented Design Method  The growing spread of the COVID-19 virus has resulted in the enforcement of physical distancing and school closures. The school calendar has been disrupted and there is a high level of uncertainty and anxiety. This present parents and community at large with burdens to adopt new roles as teachers, many of whom are unprepared or trained to play this role. “The outbreak of the virus and lockdowns at the national level could be used as a good test for the education technology interventions for distance learning. Unfortunately, few systems arrived at this point fully prepared” (World Bank Blogs, 2020). In this post AODM (Activity-Oriented Design Method) was employed as a guide for a learning activity of collating a wide variety of teaching tools (apps) that are readily available, easily accessible and user friendly to equip parents as teachers. The activity is described as follows; “As students and...
Read more