“To be prepared for the fast-paced, virtual workplace that they will inherit, today’s students need to be able to learn and produce cooperatively” (Pitler, Hubbell, Kuhn, Malenoski, 2007, p. 139). An important 21st Century Skill that must be taught in the classroom is being able to collaborate with each other. According to Dr. Orey, there is a zone of proximal development which is the information the student is able to learn. However, the student cannot learn that information on his/her own. Collaboration must take place between the teacher and the students and oftentimes amongst the students themselves before learning can be turned into something meaningful. Students see concepts in different ways and can help each other make sense of a topic by sharing their own personal insights and thoughts.
Many different networking tools directly correlate to social learning theories and cooperative learning. When students work together to create or experience webquests, blogs, or facebook pages, they have to interact with one another. Using these tools together can help the students build confidence with their ability to correctly use the tools.
Here is a video that supports the idea that learning and developing is based on the influences, such as people, around them.
http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/mod/resource/view.php?id=216542
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References:
Pitler, H., Hubbell, E., Kuhn, M., & Malenoski, K. (2007). Using technology with classroom instruction that works. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2008). Program eight. Social Learning Theories [Motion picture]. Bridging learning theory, instruction and technology. Baltimore: Author.
Allison,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link to the video, I really enjoyed watching it. I think that it was interesting how he described his experience with learning how to play the bag pipes and it definately relates to social learning and it just goes to show just how much we can learn through social interactions. I think that whenever someone is able to collaborate with other people, then they are able to broaden their knowledge and learn from that interaction while at the same time, teaching someone else something new.
Thank you again for the link,
Jessica
Allison,
ReplyDeleteLike the young man in the video, I too have learned the majority of my music skills from others. I suppose it has to do with me hearing something that sounds appealing and then asking them to teach me. Very seldomly do I get motivated about learning a song in ways other than that.
Kenny
Jessica and Kenny,
ReplyDeleteI am glad you enjoyed the video. When I was looking for information on social learning theories, I was surprised when this video popped up with people playing instruments. After listening to it, I realized just how much the video supports the idea of learning socially.
Allison
I too agree that they need to learn this all important skill of being able to work in a cooperative setting. Also, you did a good job with your vioce thread.
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