5 thoughts on “[Topic4] Blended learning: Changes in my role as faculty”
Great to hear your positive and surprising experience. Have you ever tried to introduce recorded CC lectures by other teachers in your courses? Or other OER?
Not recently, but I did it long time ago. It didn’t go well, perhaps due to lack of preparation for both sides: teacher and students. It will be interesting to try it again!
I’m impressed that you’ve managed to change your teaching role by spending less time on content presentation and more time on the learning process and giving students feedback. My worry is that a lot of teachers have been working overtime in converting their existing content onto web-based platforms, for example by video recording their lectures. At the same time I guess a lot of teachers have been updating their PowerPoint slides, because if something is filmed it needs to look a lot better for the expanded audience that video naturally gives, than for a live lecture.
I’m interested in how the weekly reflection activities have worked out. In my experience I’ve not really got much out of completing a ‘reflection template’, like in the example you give. I often don’t feel any inspiration for doing it, but know that I probably have to, so just write something to please the teacher. On the other hand I know that reflection is good, but how can we, in an inspiring way, get students to reflect? I wish someone could tell me : – )
Hi, Brian.
I guess I did not *change* my role, but it *became changed*. I only realised my role was dramatically changed while we were discussing about ‘educator’s role’ in our PBL group, which was very interesting.
My guiding questions for reflections were only a guide, but no need to reply to the questions. They were just to provoke students’ pondering up on their own learning experiences. Some did it very well, some didn’t. But I did enjoy reading reflections, and they inspired me further for my course. I don’t know exactly how to inspire my students, but I tried to be a model in this activity, like reflecting on my course and lectures and shared with them too.
I always enjoy your comments on every topic. You are such an inspiration to me!
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Great to hear your positive and surprising experience. Have you ever tried to introduce recorded CC lectures by other teachers in your courses? Or other OER?
Not recently, but I did it long time ago. It didn’t go well, perhaps due to lack of preparation for both sides: teacher and students. It will be interesting to try it again!
I’m impressed that you’ve managed to change your teaching role by spending less time on content presentation and more time on the learning process and giving students feedback. My worry is that a lot of teachers have been working overtime in converting their existing content onto web-based platforms, for example by video recording their lectures. At the same time I guess a lot of teachers have been updating their PowerPoint slides, because if something is filmed it needs to look a lot better for the expanded audience that video naturally gives, than for a live lecture.
I’m interested in how the weekly reflection activities have worked out. In my experience I’ve not really got much out of completing a ‘reflection template’, like in the example you give. I often don’t feel any inspiration for doing it, but know that I probably have to, so just write something to please the teacher. On the other hand I know that reflection is good, but how can we, in an inspiring way, get students to reflect? I wish someone could tell me : – )
Hi, Brian.
I guess I did not *change* my role, but it *became changed*. I only realised my role was dramatically changed while we were discussing about ‘educator’s role’ in our PBL group, which was very interesting.
My guiding questions for reflections were only a guide, but no need to reply to the questions. They were just to provoke students’ pondering up on their own learning experiences. Some did it very well, some didn’t. But I did enjoy reading reflections, and they inspired me further for my course. I don’t know exactly how to inspire my students, but I tried to be a model in this activity, like reflecting on my course and lectures and shared with them too.
I always enjoy your comments on every topic. You are such an inspiration to me!