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Sunil Hazari 28 Jan 10 8:28 AM MST
Ruben,

You have provided good information from a student's perspective. Now let's pair this with the instructor's perspective so we can form a picture of the whole enviornment and variables needed for it to be effective.

Moore (2005) writes that the constructivism approach requires teachers to re-think teaching. No longer are students to be thought of as an empty vessel to be filled. Instead of focusing on memorization and fill in the blank definitions, students are encouraged to seek understanding of concepts themselves. Active techniques such as “real world problem solving” are strategies that enable students “. . . to create more knowledge and then to reflect on and talk about what they are doing and how their understandings are changing” (Moore, 2005, p. 11).

What lessons will you take away from this, if, say, you were to teach an onlne class?

Moore, K. (2005). Effective instructional strategies: From theory to practice. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications.
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