During the months of June and July this year, I enrolled in a course about media-enhanced learning. One of the course outcomes was to create appropriate media to support learning. This was a new experience for me to learn another valued skill in teaching. It was both challenging and exciting. Here, I will share toContinue reading “Incorporating Media-Enhanced Learning in my Teaching Practice”
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Social and Neural Connections to Meaningful Learning: Implications to Teaching and Learning
What is meaningful learning? Merriam and Bierema (2013) mentioned meaningful learning (Ausubel, 1967) as “learning which can connect with concepts already in a person’s cognitive structure” (p. 34). This suggests that a learner is not a blank slate, but a reservoir of learning resources who can integrate or reorganize information according to his/her existing cognitiveContinue reading “Social and Neural Connections to Meaningful Learning: Implications to Teaching and Learning”
Self-Directed Learning: Fundamentals, Views of the Learner and Facilitator, and Classroom Application
The fundamentals of self-directed learning and its connection to 21st century skills Knowles (1975) popularized the term self-directed learning (SDL) as a process that starts with the initiative of a learner who sets his/her own learning goals and proceeds to activities to achieve these goals while constantly evaluating whether these goals are satisfied or not.Continue reading “Self-Directed Learning: Fundamentals, Views of the Learner and Facilitator, and Classroom Application”
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