E-learning Visually Explained for Teachers

E-learning Visually Explained for Teachers 

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DAY OF HAPPINESS

March 20 has been established as the annual International Day of Happiness and all 193 United Nations member states have adopted a resolution calling for happiness to be given greater priority.

10 Good Google Docs, Sheets, and Forms Add-ons for Teachers

10 Good Google Docs, Sheets, and Forms Add-ons for Teachers 

30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class

30 Techniques to Quiet a Noisy Class

IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO STUDY 

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2012/06/33-digital-skills-every-21st-century.html

PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING

The problems that you provide to the students can come in a variety of forms

• Logical Problems: apply logic to solving a puzzle
• Algorithms:  apply a formula or series of steps
• Rule-Using Problem: apply rules
• Story Problems: a textual description of a problem told as a story
• Decision-Making Problems: make a decision
• Troubleshooting: determine what is wrong with a situation
• Diagnosis-Solution Problems: determine how to treat/respond to a situation
• Strategic Performance: perform a complex skill or task
• Situated Case-Policy Problems: analyze a case scenario
• Design Problems: design and develop a product to meet specifications
• Dilemmas: resolve an issue with two or more opposing perspectives

Also, a set of problems can be considered analysis problems such as:

·         Identify and order the sequential steps of a process

·         Characterize a set of phenomena by their component elements

·         Identify causes leading to an event or the consequences derived from an event

·         Break an event into problems and the actions taken to solve them and the problems these actions created

·         Determine cause and effect

·         Examine parts of a whole and their relationships

·         Determine the similarities and differences of a place, event, or people

 Break into and identify parts

Duch, 2001, http://www.udel.edu/pbl/; Jonassen, 2000;

http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/problearn.html, http://www.samford.edu/pbl/

As teachers we should always remember the ‘Wise Old Owl’: 

The wise old owl lived in an oak

The more he saw, the less he spoke

The less he spoke, the more he heard

Why can’t we all be like that bird?