New Learning

assist learners in the success of their learning experience. The instructors help students to achieve their capability to construct knowledge and then apply it in different contexts. Also, they facilitate the interaction process between student peers and between instructor and student. The adult learners are active participants in their learning process. They create, interpret and recognize knowledge in individual ways. Constructivism considers prior learning, and is learner centered and results…

“Transformative Learning” as a process by which the person transforms his taken for granted frames of reference, meaning perspectives, and habit of mind. The learning outcome made him more discerning, and reflective of his ways that he developed the courage to change his self and his ways. Moreover, his mind generates acceptable…

is only beneficial when I can translate it into something meaningful, but without perceiving the content it becomes useless and quickly forgotten. In my elementary years, educators followed their curriculum strictly. Each week, I was introduced to new sets of words called sight words. By the end of each week, I was tested on spelling and pronunciation of the sight words, which required memorization. On the test, words were presented as nouns and adjectives. But as a young student, I did not…

leading to the need for a collaborative learning. According to Kenneth Bruffe (2007) who performed a theoretical analysis on the state of higher education in America, collaborative learning has a positive effect on the academic performance of the students because it motivate learners to do tasks; it can also gather different information to come up with a better…

Self-directed learning can be best described as a learning technique. This type of learning is controlled by the learner. The learner takes initiation for their own learning. In other words, the learner decides if they want to take part or not. In my opinion, I think self-directed learners are people who seek a structured agenda. They plan everything out from the beginning to the end. Not to mention, self-directed learning can be described as a method or a process. The process starts with…

Experiential learning in school : Experiential education is the education that involves the process of learning through experience. It can also be deemed as hands on learning that takes place between a teacher and a student. It is also defined as learning through reflection. This term cannot be used for experiential learning as they do not have the same meaning; However, experiential learning is a part of experiential education. In one of the methodology from the Association for Experiential…

Final Post Reflect Dempsey & Litchfield begin the paper by clarifying the overall purpose of elemental and synthetic learning outcomes, along with the facet that these components can be incorporated with the use of taxonomy principles. As a result, this knowledge opened the door to a new method of devising learning strategies to best suit the learner. As an illustration, Blooms is organized by low level thinking skills to higher level thinking skills. The lower level relies on the…

Successful mediation helps students connect new information to their experiences and to learning in other areas, helps students figure out what to do when they are stumped, and helps them learn how to learn. Above all, the teacher as mediator adjusts the level of information and support so as to maximize the ability to take responsibility for learning. (M.B. Tinzmann, B.F. Jones, T.F. Fennimore, J. Bakker, C. Fine, and J. Pierce NCREL, Oak Brook…

what you already know. But if you listen, you may learn something new.” In order to educate yourself, you need to listen, and take in all the information being presented to you. After you fully understand the concept, that’s when you have learned. However, how do you know you understand the concept completely? If you can share the new information you just learned with someone else, this is when you have completely understood your new knowledge. Understanding what you learn is a key necessity,…

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW 2.0 INTRODUCTION There exists many definitions for what distance learning or distance education Teaster and Blieszner (1999) say “the term distance learning has been applied to many instructional methods: however, its primary distinction is that the teacher and the learner are separate in space and possibly time”. The most thorough definition was proposed by Desmond Keegan (1995) a leading expert in distance education. Keegan espouses that “Distance education and…