I learned that adult learners need to able able to see the application of information shared/learned. I also enjoyed learning about the principles of responsive facilitation. I need to consider responding to expressed needs and dialogue learning and shared power.
Currently, I try give clear descriptive feedback but I think circling back to ensure their understanding of the feedback could be helpful. I
I would like to apply this courses information by modifying a few projects/assignments to allow some sort of reflection component.
I'm curious, how is everyone applying some of these principles in their online course to improve engagement?
Constructive descriptive feedback is something I need to practice. Responding to expressed needs in an appropriate way is another area that I need to think about.
I learned that adult learners are more out to learn if they feel they have control or say in the process.
Tiffanie Nobles:
I have learned that students have the same desire to learn the same way that do. They want to have voice in their learning and they need to be taught how to use that voice. Studetns need and desire descriptive feedback in the online class. I feel that if we implament the princiaplas in this unit then we will not only help our students in our classroom, but in the "real" world as well.
Seth Soronnadi
I learned that "........ adults accumulate a growing reservoir of experience and that becomes an increasingly rich resource for learning. Now what this means is, as we go through our life, we have lots and lots of experiences, some that we get in the moment, others of which we ponder for years, and most of which are acutely experienced in a way that causes a different form of learning.""
I believe this course reinforces the principles of good classroom practices. At the high school level, we are working with young adults beginning with freshmen 9th grade year to seniors in advanced level courses. Guiding students to become self directed learners and creating an open discussion free of judgment is necessary to produce indepedent thinkers with a valuable skillset. All classrooms regardles of age group should encourage respectful relationships, responsive facilitation, reality based learning, and reflection both for the instructor and the student.
I believe that this course has shown me that many of my practices in my classrom are headed in the right direction. I see areas that need improvement and a course like this open the thought process to push myself towards that improvement. Each cohort of students brings new challenges and with a recent and sudden change to the online envorioment, the hurdles have increased drastically. I beleive I have adjusted well to this point but within any skill, there is always room for improvement.
This course has confirmed some of the practices that I've been implementing with teachers. I learned more about areas that I need to improve upon. The four Rs of andragogy (relationships, responsive facilitation, reality-based learning and reflective practices) are each evident in my work with teachers, however I can grow in the area of reflective practices. I want to implement more dialogue between participants next year and really enable them to "think about what they think" more often during our PLC time.
I've learned that adult learners are more likely to learn when they have the freedom to pursue things that are relevant to them and their current situations. They tend to be completion oriented and in order to create a meaningful learning experience you need to create some sort of dialogue between them, their peers, and yourself.
